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San Juan Basin (New Mexico and Colorado)

1950
152 pages

Vincent C. Kelley, Edward C. Beaumont and Caswell Silver, eds, 1950, 152 pages. (Reprinted 1996) https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-1

$10.00

Research papers are free to download.
Roadlogs, mini-papers and some other sections are available in print.


SKU: FFC-1

About this guidebook

The San Juan Basin is located mostly in northwestern New Mexico where it embraces all of San Juan County, and parts of McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Valencia, and Bernalillo counties. Most of the north rim of the basin is in Colorado where it occupies parts of Archuleta, La Plata, Montezuma, Hinsdale and Mineral counties. A narrow part of the west rim extends into Apache County, Arizona. The area of San Juan Basin is irregularly circular and includes 15-20 thousand square miles. On the first day we will examine a portion of the Rio Grande Valley, the Sierra Nacimiento, the San Juan Basin, the Chama Basin, and the Archuleta anticlinorium to view a great diverstiy of geologic features. The second day will address problems of Cretaceous stratigraphy along the north side of the San Juan Basion and review the structure of the basin rim. The third day will view the stratigraphy and structure between Durango, Colorado and Molas Lake, high in the San Juan Mountains.

Contents & downloads

Note — Downloads of the papers below are free.

Road logs, mini-papers, and some other sections of recent guidebooks are only available in print.

Front Matter

(includes Dedication, President’s Message, & Conference Organizer’s Message)

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Papers

Road log, first day (Albuquerque to Cuba to Chama)

Harley Barnes, E. C. Beaumont, V. C. Kelley, C. B. Read, and A. D. Zapp, pp. 12-28.

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Second day (Part I:Pagosa Springs northwards along the San Juan River Valley; Part II Pagosa Springs to Durango)

Harley Barnes, J. L. Borden, Philip T. Hayes, V. C. Kelley, Caswell Silver, Gordon H. Wood, and A. D. Zapp, pp. 29-39.

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Third day (Durango to Molas Lake)

N. Wood Bass, J. L. Borden, and A. D. Zapp, pp. 40-47.

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Geologic history of the San Juan Basin area, New Mexico and Colorado

Edward C. Beaumont and Charles B. Read, pp. 49-54.

Pre-Pennsylvanian Paleozoic rocks in western Colorado and southeastern Utah in Guidebook of the north and east sides of the San Juan Basin, NM and CO

Nathan W. Bass, pp. 56-57.

Stratigraphy of the outcropping Permian rocks around the San Juan Basin

Charles B. Read, pp. 62-66.

Triassic rocks of northwestern New Mexico and southwestern Colorado

Sherman A. Wengerd, pp. 67-75.

Jurassic formations of parts of Utah, Colorado and New Mexico

William B. Hoover, pp. 76-81.

Lower Tertiary formations and vertebrate faunas of the San Juan Basin

George G. Simpson, pp. 85-89.

Proved and potential oil and gas traps of the San Juan Basin in Guidebook of the north and east sidesof the San Juan Basin, NM & CO in Guidebook of the north and east sides of the San Juan Basin, NM & CO

Frank C. Barnes and Emery Arnold, pp. 90-96.

The occurrence of gas in the Cretaceous rocks of the San Juan Basin, New Mexico and Colorado

Caswell Silver, pp. 109-123.

Coal resources of New Mexico

Charles B. Read, R. T. Duffner, Gordon H. Wood, and A. D. Zapp, pp. 124-131.

History of development and production of oil and gas in the San Juan Basin in Guidebook of the north and east sides of the San Juan Basin, NM & CO

Frank C. Barnes, pp. 144-148.

Recommended citation

  1. Kelley, V. C.; Beaumont, E. C.; Silver, C.; [eds.], 1950, San Juan Basin (New Mexico and Colorado), New Mexico Geological Society, Guidebook, 1st Annual Field Conference, 152 pp. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-1