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Dr. Paul W . Bauer
Geologic Mapping
Program Director
Dr. Peter A. Scholle
Director and State Geologist
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Geology of the Tijeras quadrangle,
Bernalillo County, New Mexico
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of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131
Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Albuquerque, NM 87106
3 Arizona Geological Survey, 416 W. Congress, #100, Tucson, AZ 85701
4 New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM 87801
5 Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130
6 Department of Earth and Environmental Science,
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801
7 William Lettis & Associates, Inc., 1777 Botelho Dr., Suite 26 2, Walnut Creek, CA 945 96
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by
Karl E. Karlstrom 1 , Sean D. Connell 2 , Charles A. Ferguson 3 ,
Adam S. Read 4 , Glenn R. Osburn 5 , Eric Kirby 1 , John Abbott 6 ,
Christopher Hitchcock 7 , Keith Kelson 7 , Jay Noller 7 ,
Thomas Sawyer 7 , Steven Ralser 6 , David W. Love 4 ,
Matthew Nyman 1 , and Paul W. Bauer 4
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Plate II of II.
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A DIVISION OF NEW
Sandia Crest
(projected)
Cross sections are constructed based upon the interpretations of the
authors made from geologic mapping, and available geophysical
and subsurface (drillhole) data. Cross sections should be used as an
aid to understanding the general geologic framework of the map
area, and not be the sole source of information for use in locating or
designing wells, buildings, roads, or other man-made structures.
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beneath QTsp is unconstrained
and lower Tertiary sediments
may be preserved on the
hanging wall of the Sandia
Fault.
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SEDILLO 7.5-MINUTE QUADRANGLE
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I NDEX M AP OF NMBMMR’ S
STATEMAP
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4/00
106° 30'
35°07' 30"
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LOS
CORDOVAS
OF-DM–43
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36°30'
PUEBLO
PEAK
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Taos
10
0
TAOS
JUNCTION
20 mi
10
20
285
84
TRAMWAY BLVD.
A BIQUIU 1:100,000
14
SAN
PABLO
GM–26
GM–27
LA
VENTANA
SAN
MIGUEL
MOUNTAIN
GM–28
GM–34
HOLY
GHOST
SPRING
GILMAN
GM–33
GM–45
OJITO
SPRING
Tijeras
OF-DM–18
SEVEN
SPRINGS
JEMEZ
SPRINGS
VALLE
TOLEDO
REDONDO
PEAK
BLAND
BEAR
PONDEROSA SPRINGS
PEAK
LOMA
CRESTON
JEMEZ
PUEBLO
OF-DM–25
CAÑADA
on
(SKY VILLAGE NW)
SANTA
ANA
PUEBLO
CERRO BERNALILLO
CONEJO
NW
ny
OF-DM–45
(SKY VILLAGE NE)
(SKY VILLAGE)
COCHITI
DAM
SANTO
DOMINGO
PUEBLO SW
SANTO
DOMINGO
PUEBLO
OF-DM–15
SAN
FELIPE
PUEBLO
SAN
FELIPE
PUEBLO NE
OF-DM–2
HORCADO
RANCH
WHITE
ROCK
GM–73
M A N ZANITA
MOUNTAINS
RIO
PUERCO
Are
OF-DM–10
CUNDIYO
25
AGUA
FRIA
DALIES
BELEN
SIERRA
MOSCA
TRUCHAS
PEAK
JICARITA
PEAK
PICTURE
ROCK
McCLURE
RESERVOIR
ROSILLA
PEAK
PECOS
FALLS
HUBBELL
SPRING
OF-DM–13
OF-DM–5
OF-DM–8
LOS
LUNAS
SE
BOSQUE
PEAK
TAJIQUE
GALISTEO
TOME
TOME NE
1:12,000 and
1:24,000
HONEY
BOY
RANCH
TORREON
BULL
CANYON
OF-DM–39
LAGUNA
ORTIZ
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VEGUITA
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RANCH
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EDGEWOOD MORIARTY
OF-DM–35
NORTH
Ca
LA JOYA
NW
MOUNTAINAIR
NE
ABEYTAS
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35°00'
106°22'30"
Connell & Love (Q mapping of
entire quad)
Connolly (1981)
Ferguson & Osburn
Mieras, B. L., Sageman, B. B., Kauffman, E. G., Caldwell, W. G. E., Kauffman, E. G., 1993, Trace fossil distribution patterns in
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Parchman, M. A., 1981, Precambrian geology of the Hell Canyon area, Manzano Mountains, New Mexico: [M.S. thesis], University
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Ralser
Read, A. S., Allen, B. D., Osburn, G. R., Ferguson, C. A., and Chamberlain, R., 1998, The Geology of the Sedillo quadrangle,
Bernallio County, New Mexico: New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Open-file Digital Geologic Map OFDGM 20, scale 1:24,000.
34° 22' 30"
SILVER
CREEK
SAN
ACACIA
BECKER
SW
Kirby
CERRO RAYO HILLS
MONTOSO
109°
107°
105°
103°
37°
106°30'
SAN
LORENZO
SPRING
LEMITAR
MESA
DEL
YESO
OF-DM–38
WATER
CANYON
35°00'
106°22'30"
SOCORRO
Taos
SIERRA
DE LA
CRUZ
Grants
35°
LOMA
DE LAS
CANAS
SANTA FE
Albuquerque
BUSTOS
WELL
Socorro
Myers, D. A., and McKay, E. J., 1976, Geologic map of the north end of the Manzano Mountains, Tijeras and Sedillo quadrangles,
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Picha, M. G., 1982, Structure and stratigraphy of the Montezuma salient-Hagan basin area, Sandoval County, New Mexico: [M.S.
thesis]: Albuquerque, University of New Mexico.
34°30'
106°00'
Brown
Machette, M. N., 1978, Geologic map of the San Acacia Quadrangle, Socorro County, New Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey,
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Lucas, S.G. and Anderson, O.J., 1997, The Jurassic San Rafael Group, Four Corners region, in: New Mexico Geological Society,
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Myers & McKay (1976) (so. of I-40)
Thomas, et al. (1995)
BECKER
Lucas, S. G., Anderson, O. J., and Pigman, C., 1995, Jurassic Stratigraphy in the Hagan Basin, North-Central New Mexico, in:
New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook, 46th Field Conference Guidebook, p. 247-255.
.
Karlstrom (pÇ mapping of entire
quad)
Cavin (1985)
WILLARD
B ELEN 1:100,000
BLACK
BUTTE
1:12,000
Kelley & Northrop (1975) (entire quad)
ESTANCIA
MANZANO PUNTA DE
MOUNTAINAIR
PEAK
AGUA
Lambert, P. W., 1968, Quaternary stratigraphy of the Albuquerque area, New Mexico: [Ph.D. dissertation]: Albuquerque, University
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35°00'
106°22'30"
35°00'
Kelley, S. A., Chapin, C. E., and Corrigan, J., 1992, Late Mesozoic to Cenozoic cooling histories of the flanks of the northern
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1:12,000 1:12,000
KING
DRAW
S OCORRO 1:100,000
LADRON
Physiography of the Tijeras area based upon 10-m USGS DEM data.
TOME SE
OF-DM–28
Made
ra
Four
Hills
TURN
BELEN
SW
1:12,000
1:24,000
35°15'
105° 30'
MORIARTY
SOUTH
Karlstrom, K. E., Dallmeyer, R. D., Grambling, J. A., 1997b, 40Ar/39Ar evidence for 1.4 Ga regional metamorphism in New
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35°30'
285
OF-DM–48
EWING
1:12,000
NORTH
ROWE SAN YSIDRO
OF-DM–36
MILBOURN
RANCH
Karlstrom, K. E., Chamberlain, R. M., Connell, S. D., Brown, C., Nyman, M., Calvin, W. J., Parchman, M. A., Cook, C., Sterling,
J., 1997a, Geology of the Mount Washington 7.5-minute quadrangle, Bernalillo and Valencia Counties, New Mexico: New
Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Open-file Digital Geologic Map OF-DM 8, scale 1:24,000.
.
OF-DM–11
OJO
WILDHORSE
RENCONA
HEDIONDA
MESA
CHILILI
Karlstrom, K. E., 1999, Southern margin of the Sandia pluton and the “Cibola problem:” minipaper in: New Mexico Geological
Society, 50th Field Conference Guidebook, p. 30.
1:8,000
OF-DM–27
on
y
n
Ferguson, C. A., Timmons, J. M., Pazzaglia, F. J., Karlstrom, K. E., Osburn, G. R., Bauer, P. W., 1996, Geology of the Sandia Park
7.5-minute quadrangle, Bernalillo and Sandoval Counties, New Mexico: New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources,
Open-file Digital Geologic Map OF-DM 1, scale 1:24,000.
1:12,000
1:12,000
LOWER
COLONIAS
OF-DM–24
CAPILLA
PEAK
THIS STUDY
106°30'
35°07'30"
1:48,000
OF-DM–20
MOUNT
ESCABOSA
WASHINGTON
Connolly, J. R., 1981, Geology of the Precambrian rocks of Tijeras Canyon, Bernalillo County, New Mexico: [M.S. thesis], University
of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 147 p.
1:12,000
S ANTA F E 1:100,000
CAPTAIN
DAVIS
MOUNTAIN
A LBUQUERQUE 1:100,000
ISLETA
106°30'
35°07'30"
OF-DM–31
GOLDEN
OF-DM–29
OF-DM–4
PREVIOUS WORK
36°00'
ELK
MOUNTAIN
PECOS
OF-DM–30
OF-DM–1
40
Connell, S. D., 1996, Quaternary geology and geomorphology of the Sandia Mountains piedmont, Bernalillo and Sandoval
Counties, central New Mexico: New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources Open-File Report 425, 414 p., 3 plates
(open-file release of Connell, 1995).
INDEX TO GEOLOGIC MAPPING
GLORIETA
OF-DM–49
OF-DM–6
SEDILLO
Connell, S. D., 1995, Quaternary geology and geomorphology of the Sandia Mountains piedmont, Bernalillo and Sandoval
Counties, central New Mexico: [M.S. Thesis] Riverside, University of California, 390 p., 3 plates.
.
COWLES
OF-DM–7
OF-DM–23
MADRID
SAN
PEDRO
OF-DM–3
OF-DM–21
BELEN
NW
EL VALLE
SANTA FE
OF-DM–32
OF-DM–41
OF-DM–40
SANDIA
PARK
OF-DM–17
LOS
LUNAS
TRES
RITOS
ASPEN
BASIN
285
TETILLA
PEAK TURQUOISE SETON
HILL
VILLAGE
SANDIA
CREST
TIJERAS
LA MESITA
ALBUQUERQUE
NEGRA SE ALBUQUERQUE
EAST
WEST
WIND
MESA
PEÑASCO
T AOS 1:100,000
a
DALIES
NW
ALAMEDA
A l bu q
LA MESITA
NEGRA
OF-DM–33
V ILLANUEVA 1:100,000
ue
LOS
GRIEGOS
rq
VOLCANO
RANCH
ue
BENAVIDEZ
RANCH
OF-DM–12
OF-DM–47
MONTOSO
PEAK
HAGAN
OF-DM–50
OF-DM–16
TRUCHAS
TESUQUE
BERNALILLO
337
RANCHOS
DE TAOS
84
OF-DM–37
PLACITAS
OF-DM–9
CHIMAYO
Santa Fe
OF-DM–19
ARROYO
LOMA
SAN
DE LAS
MACHETE
FELIPE
CALABACILLAS
MESA (SKY VILLAGE SE)
Ca
OF-DM–42
L OS A LAMOS 1:100,000
OF-DM–14
ESPAÑOLA
GUAJE
MOUNTAIN
TAOS SW
GM–71
PUYE
Los
Alamos
FRIJOLES
OF-DM–26
OF-DM–46
COLLIER
DRAW
Tijeras
SAN
YSIDRO
VALLE
SAN
ANTONIO
VELARDE TRAMPAS
68
SAN
JUAN
PUEBLO
CHILI
RANCHO
DEL
CHAPARRAL
OF-DM–22
30 km
Cedar
Crest
ALBUQUERQUE
3
TRES
OREJAS
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WHEELER
PEAK
TAOS
LYDEN
Arroyo
s
a
r
e
Tij
ARROYO
SECO
CARSON
0
MOUNTAINS
40
ARROYO
HONDO
Read
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OF-DM–34
107°00'
33°
Deming
Las
Cruces
Location Map
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