New Mexico Geological Society · Socorro, NM

(575) 835-5410

Truth or Consequences Region

1986
317 pages

Russell E. Clemons, William E. King, Greg H. Mack and Jiri Zidek, eds, 1986, 317 pages. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-37

$5.00

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


SKU: FFC-37

About this guidebook

The first-day road log is from Truth or Consequences to Sierra Cuchillo, Winston, South Fork Cuchillo Negro Creek, Fluorine, and Central Black Range. This tour will visit the volcanic areas northwest of Truth or Consequences in the Sierra Cuchillo, Winston graben, and Black Range. The tour will emphasize: Miocene to Pleistocene stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Palomas Formation, stratigraphy of the Rubio Peak Formation including spectacular exotic bloacks of Pennyslvanian limestone, Ag, Au, Cu fissure-vein mineralization of the Chloride mining district, and pyroclasitc volcanism and tin mineralization associated with the Taylor Creek Rhyolite. The second-day road log is from Truth or Consequences to Fra Cristobal Range via Elephant Butte Dam, Northern Caballo Mountains, Cutter Sag, and Jornada del Muerto. The trip describes the Tertiary and Quaternary Palomas Formation, Quaternary terrace deposits, Cretaceous and early Tertiary stratigraphy, and Pliocene basalts. Access to the Fra Cristobal Range was available by special arrangement for the conference. Individuals and groups may not return for subsequent tours without permission from the landowners. The third-day road log is from Truth or Consequences to southeastern Caballo Mountains and San Diego Mountain via I-25 and the Jornada del Muerto. This day’s tour will focus on Laramide tectonics in the southern Caballo Mountains and the Tonuco uplift (San Diego Mountain).

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)

Download PDF ↓(27.22 MB PDF)

Roadlogs

(each includes listed mini-papers)

First-day road log, from Truth or Consequences to Sierra Cuchillo, Winston graben, Winston, south Fork Cuchillo Negro Creek, Fluorine, and central Black Range

Glenn R. Osburn, Richard W. Harrison, Ted L. Eggleston, Richard P. Lozinsky, and Charles H. Maxwell, pp. 1-19.

Mini-papers

A Pennsylvanian unconformity in the Mud Springs Mountains

Charles H. Maxwell and Mariel R. Oakman, pp. 4-5.

PDF not listed

Alteration associated with the rhyolite porphyry of Kline Mountains, Black Range, New Mexico

Ted L. Eggleston, pp. 16-17.

PDF not listed

Second-day road log, from Truth or Consequences to Fra Cristobal Range via Elephant Butte dam, northern Caballo Mountains, Cutler Sag, and Jornada del Muerto

Richard P. Lozinsky, Glenn R. Osburn, and Richard W. Harrison, pp. 21-28.

Second-day road log, Segment B, From Deep Well Ranch to the Fra Cristobal Range

Eric P. Nelson, Mark A. Chapin, and James C. Hunter, pp. 29-34.

Third-day road log, from Truth or Consequences to southeastern Caballo Mountains and San Diego Mountain via I-25 and the Jornada del Muerto

William R. Seager, pp. 35-52.

Supplemental road log 1, Caballo to Hatch via Hillsboro, Lake Valley, and Nutt

Russell E. Clemons, pp. 53-55.

Boat log for southern half of Elephant Butte reservoir

Richard P. Lozinsky, J. C. Kelly, Glenn R. Osburn, and Albert M. Kudo, pp. 57-65.

Mini-papers

History of Elephant Butte Dam and reservoir

Jerry E. Mueller, pp. 58-59.

PDF not listed

Roadlog References

Download PDF ↓(542 KB PDF)

Papers

History of the Elephant Butte segment of the Rio Grande valley

Douglas K. Boyd, pp. 93-95.

Laramide thin-skinned deformation in Permian rocks, Fra Cristobal Range, south-central New Mexico

Eric P. Nelson and James C. Hunter, pp. 115-121.

Laramide basement-cored uplift and basins in south-central New Mexico

William R. Seager, Greg H. Mack, Michael S. Raimonde, and Ronald G. Ryan, pp. 123-130.

Cenozoic-fill-thickness estimated from P-wave delays in the Jornada del Muerto and Palomas Basins

Steven H. Harder, G. Randy Keller, P. H. Daggett, and Y. A. Sinno, pp. 135-138.

A seismic-reflection study of part of the southern Jornada del Muerto

G. Randy Keller, William R. Seager, and Thompson, Sam, III., pp. 139-142.

Proterozoic geology of supracrustal and granitic rocks in the Caballo Mountains, southern New Meixco

Paul W. Bauer and Richard P. Lozinsky, pp. 143-149.

Geology, geochemistry, and mineralization of synenites in the Red Hills, southern Caballo Mountains, Sierra County, New Mexico–Preliminary observatons

Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 151-159.

Geology of mid-Tertiary volcanic rocks of the east-central Black Range, Sierra County, New Mexico–Implications for a double-cauldron complex in the Emory cauldron

Richard J. Abitz, pp. 161-166.

A stratigraphic framework for the eastern Mogollon-Datil volcanic field based on paleomagnetism and high-precision 40Ar/39Ar dating of ignimbrites–A progress report

William C. McIntosh, John F. Sutter, Charles E. Chapin, Glenn R. Osburn, and James C. Ratte, pp. 183-195.

Pyroclastic rocks associated with the Taylor Creek Rhyolite, Scales Canyon

Philip R. Kyle, Ted L. Eggleston, William C. McIntosh, Nelia Dunbar, Charles M. Hammond, W. David Johnson, Michael Knoper, and Judith Moore, pp. 197-201.

Paleontology of the Caballero and Lake Valley Formations (Lower Mississippian) west of the Rio Grande, south-central New Mexico

Barry S. Kues, pp. 203-214.

Pennsylvanian fusulinids from the Fra Cristobal Range, Sierra County, New Mexico

George J. Verville, George A. Sanderson, and Mary E. Madsen, pp. 215-223.

Cretaceous stratigraphy in the Jornada del Muerto region, including the geology of the Mescal Creek area, Sierra County, New Mexico

James W. Melvin, pp. 225.

Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian-Lancian) vertebrate paleontology of the McRae Formation, Elephant Butte area, Sierra County, New Mexico

Donald L. Wolberg, Richard P. Lozinsky, and Adrian P. Hunt, pp. 227-234.

Tyrannosaurus rex from the McRae Formation (Lancian, Upper Cretaceous), Elephant Butte reservoir, Sierra County, New Mexico

David D. Gillette, Donald L. Wolberg, and Adrian P. Hunt, pp. 235-238.

New evidence for the age of lower part of the Palomas Formation, Truth or Consequences, New Mexico

Charles A. Repenning and Steven R. May, pp. 257-260.

Clinoptilolite west of Cuchillo Negro Creek, New Mexico–Zeolite authigenesis of the tuff of Little Mineral Creek

Mark R. Bowie and James M. Barker, pp. 283-286.

Fluid-inclusion and trace-element analyses of some barite-fluorite deposits in south-central New Mexico

Robert M. North and Mark A. Tuff, pp. 301-306.

Recommended citation

  1. Clemons, R. E.; King, W. E.; Mack, G. H.; Zidek, J.; [eds.], 1986, Truth or Consequences Region, New Mexico Geological Society, Guidebook, 37th Annual Field Conference, 317 pp. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-37