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NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES
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New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources
Open-file Geologic Map 237
Mapping of this quadrangle was funded by a matching-funds grant from the
STATEMAP program of the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Act (Award
Number: G13AC00186), administered by the U. S. Geological Survey, and by the New
Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, (L. Greer Price, Director and State
Geologist, Dr. J. Michael Timmons, Geologic Mapping Program Manager).
Geologic Map of the Bustos Well 7.5-Minute
Quadrangle, Socorro County, New Mexico
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This and other STATEMAP quadrangles are available
for free download in both PDF and ArcGIS formats at:
June 2014
by
Cather, S. M. 1, Osburn, G. R. 2, Flores, S. C. 3, and Green, M. 3
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New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801
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Earth and Planetary Science Department, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130
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Department of Geology, University of California - Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616
Lemitar Tuff — Pink, densely welded, moderately crystal-rich rhyolite ignimbrite. Crystals are
34°0'0"N
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Vicks Peak Tuff — Light gray, moderately welded, crystal-poor rhyolite ignimbrite. Thickness ~110
m. 40Ar/39Ar age is 28.6 Ma.
After this map has undergone scientific peer review, editing, and final cartographic
production adhering to bureau map standards, it will be released in our Geologic Map
(GM) series. This final version will receive a new GM number and will supercede
this preliminary open-file geologic map.
The map has not been reviewed according to New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources
standards. The contents of the report and map should not be considered final and complete until
reviewed and published by the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources. The views and
conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as
necessarily representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of the State of New Mexico, or
the U.S. Government.
Dakota Sandstone (Middle Cenomanian) — Gray to yellow, fluvial to marginal marine medium to
coarse-grained sandstone and minor mudstone. No body fossils have been found in the Dakota.
About 5–20 m thick.
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La Jencia Tuff — Pink to gray, densely to moderately welded, crystal-poor, rhyolitic ignimbrite that
exhibits compound cooling. Upper part of unit is prominently flow-banded. Crystals are mostly
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Chinle Formation (Upper Triassic) — Red, gray and maroon fluvial mudstone with subordinate
sandstone, limestone-pebble conglomerate, and limestone. Forms slopes and valleys. Locally
includes Moenkopi Formation. About 200 m thick. Formation-rank nomenclature after Cather et al.
(2013).
Cretaceous
Triassic
Permian
La Jara Peak Basaltic Andesite — Aphanitic to slightly porphyritic mafic flows and associated
breccias of mostly basaltic andesite composition. Phenocrysts are mostly plagioclase and
clinopyroxene. In the quadrangle, the unit occurs as several tongues 0–80 m thick intercalated
within the stratigraphic interval between the lower Spears Formation and the base of the Tuff of
South Crosby Peak(?).
TRm Moenkopi Formation (Middle Triassic) — Red-brown, brown, and buff continental mudstone,
^m sandstone and minor conglomerate. Locally mapped as part of the Chinle Formation where thin or
poorly exposed About 10–30 m thick.
Upper Spears Group — Dark- to medium-gray volcaniclastic sandstone and conglomerate.
Debris-flow breccias are locally present. Clast lithotypes are mostly dark gray basaltic andesite
(plagioclase- and clinopyroxene-bearing) but also andesite-dacite (plagioclase- and
amphibole-bearing) and ignimbrite clasts. 0–120 m thick. Spears Group terminology used as
defined by Cather et al. (1994).
Permian
Tsu
Tsu
Fault (unspecified) - Identity or existence questionable,
location approximate
Fault (unspecified) - Identity or existence questionable,
location concealed
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Tid
Andesite to basaltic andesite dike — Mafic to intermediate-composition dike ~5–10 m wide in
southeastern part of quadrangle. Commonly exhibits greenish alteration. Probably represents an
intrusive equivalent of the La Jara Peak Basaltic Andesite.
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Dacite extrusive rocks — Medium brownish gray, plagioclase and amphibole-bearing lava.
Composed of a single flow 0–90 m thick with an autobrecciated base. The flow yielded a 40Ar/39Ar
Paleozoic Erathem
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Psa
San Andres Formation (Permian, Leonardian) — Interbedded limestone, dolostone, and gypsum.
Limestone is brownish-black , pale yellowish-brown and medium gray, and ranges from
wackestone to grainstone. Dolostone is brownish-gray to olive-gray, and locally gypsiferous.
Bedded gypsum is abundant in the middle and upper part of the San Andres in the northeastern
part of the quadrangle. Gypsum is white to light gray, laminated to massively bedded. Thickness is
~200 m. Locally includes 5–15 m of orange gypsiferous siltstone at the top of the unit that may be
correlative with the Permian Artesia Group.
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Glorieta Sandstone (Permian, Leonardian) — White to very pale orange, fine- to medium-grained,
Pyu
Pyu
Upper Yeso Formation (Permian, Leonardian) — Interbedded siltstone, gypsum, dolomitic
limestone, sandstone, and shale. About 200 m thick. Consists of three unmapped members (in
ascending order): the Torres, Cañas Gypsum, and Joyita Members. The upper two members are
locally cut out by low-angle normal faults. Torres Member—Interbedded pale to moderate
underlying 32.1 Ma Hells Mesa Tuff.
0–15 m thick.. 40Ar/39Ar age is 32.1 Ma.
Rock House Canyon Tuff — Light gray, crystal-poor rhyolitic ignimbrite. Phenocrysts are mostly
light gray gypsum thin layers and lenses of dolomitized oolitic limestone, and pale
yellowish-brown to olive black limestone that ranges from carbonate mudstone to peloidal or oolitic
packstone and grainstone and are locally sparsely fossiliferous, dolomitic, and argillaceous.
Thickness is ~160 meters. Cañas Gypsum Member—Interbedded very light gray to white laminated
to nodular-mosaic gypsum and minor, thin very fine-grained silty sandstone and a thin, fetid,
gypsiferous calcareous mudstone and limestone. Thickness is 0–24 meters. Joyita Member—Pale
reddish-brown to moderate reddish-orange, friable and calcareous, fine- to very fine-grained
Tdw Datil Well Tuff — Medium brownish gray, crystal-rich rhyolitic ignimbrite. Crystals are mostly
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pumice-poor. 0–50 m thick. 40Ar/39Ar age is 35.5 Ma.
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Lower Spears Group — Medium- to light-gray volcaniclastic sandstone, conglomerate, debris-flow
breccia, and minor mudstone. Clasts are dominated by plagioclase- and amphibole-bearing
andesite and dacite. Non-volcanic clasts are locally present above transition with underlying Baca
Formation. Thickness is ~760 m. Age range is ~39–36 Ma (Cather et al., 1987). Usage of the term Datil
Group is after Cather et al. (1994).
upper beds display low-angle cross beds and ripple cross-laminations. Thickness is 0–30 meters.
Nomenclature after Cather et al. (2013).
Pyl
Pyl
Middle Eocene
Low-angle normal fault - Identity or existence
questionable, location approximate; half-circles on
downthrown block
base of the unit. Paleozoic clast types (limestone sandstone, siltstone) increase in abundance
upsection in most areas. About 300 m thick. Granite boulders as much as 2.5 m in diameter are
present in the southwestern part of the quadrangle. Nomenclature after Cather et al. (2013).
Thrust fault - Identity and existence certain, location
concealed; sawteeth on upper (tectonically higher) plate
Anticline - Identity and existence certain, location
accurate
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Abo Formation (Permian, Leonardian) — Interbedded dark reddish brown mudstone and shale,
and grayish red to dark reddish brown siltstone, sandstone and, locally, thin conglomerate and rare
limestone. Thickness is ~200 meters.
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Bursum Formation (Permian, Wolfcampian) — Interbedded medium dark gray to grayish red
mudstone, medium gray to brownish black, peloidal, fossiliferous, and locally dolomitic limestone,
and grayish orange pink to grayish orange, fine to very coarse-grained, lenticular and trough
cross-bedded sandstone. About 60 m thick.
Pennsylvanian
IPma Atrasado Formation of Madera Group (Desmoinesian, Missourian, and Virgilian) — marine and
*ma paralic interbedded brownish-gray arkosic sandstone, greenish-gray to gray mudstone, and light
gray limestone. Approximately 250 m thick. Nomenclature after Cather et al. (2013).
Overturned anticline - Identity and existence certain,
location accurate; beds on one limb are overturned;
arrows show dip direction of limbs
IPmg Gray Mesa Formation of Madera Group (Desmoinesian) — Medium-gray, fossiliferous, commonly
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cherty, marine limestone, greenish-gray mudstone, and minor sandstone. Subsurface only. About
50 m thick regionally. Nomenclature after Cather et al. (2013).
Syncline - Identity and existence certain, location
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Overturned syncline - Identity and existence certain,
location accurate; beds on one limb are overturned;
arrows show dip direction of the limbs
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Plunging anticline - Large arrowhead shows direction
of plunge
Lower Yeso Formation (Permian, Leonardian) — The Meseta Blanca Member constitutes the lower
Yeso Formation. The Meseta Blanca Member is interbedded very pale orange, pinkish-gray and
dark reddish-brown siltstone and are dark reddish-brown to grayish-red, slope forming mudstones
and shales. Thickness is ~90 m. Top of the unit is placed at the base of the lowermost marine
limestone in the Torres Member of the upper Yeso Formation. Base of unit is gradational in many
places with the underlying Abo Formation. Nomenclature after Cather et al. (2013).
Tbp Baca Formation (middle Eocene) — Fluvial red-bed sandstone, conglomerate, and minor mudstone
Tbpg deposited in piedmont environments. Sandstone is commonly cross-bedded; conglomerate
contains pebbles, cobbles and boulders of Paleozoic and Proterozoic lithotypes. Clasts are
Thrust fault - Identity and existence certain, location
accurate; sawteeth on upper (tectonically higher) plate
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Sandia Formation (Atokan)
sandstone, greenish-gray mudstone, and medium gray limestone. 90–175 m thick.
References Cited
Cather, S.M., McIntosh, W.C., and Chapin, C.E., 1987, Stratigraphy, age, and rates of deposition of the Datil Group (upper Eocene-lower Oligocene), west-central New Mexico: New Mexico Geology, v. 9, p. 50–54.
Horizontal bedding
Cather, S.M., Zeigler, K.E., Mack, G.H., and Kelley, S.A., 2013, Toward standardization of Phanerozoic stratigraphic nomenclature in New Mexico: Rocky Mountain Geology, v.48. p. 101–124.
Inclinecd bedding - Showing strike and dip
Vertical bedding - Showing strike
Overturned bedding - Showing strike and dip
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Ar/ 39Ar ages of ignimbrites, Mogollon–Datil volcanic field, southwestern New Mexico: New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Bulletin 135, 79 p.
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Geologic Cross Section A—A’
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Comments To Map Users
Cross sections are constructed based upon the interpretations of the author 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.
Kd
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of plunge
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of rock and deposits and the occurrence of structural features. Geologic and fault contacts are
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Lower part of the Mancos Shale (Middle Cenomanian–Lower Turonian) — Calcareous to
noncalcareous gray marine shale with minor, thin sandstone beds near base and top. Sharp basal
contact and gradational upper contact. Calcareous shale in upper part of unit contains abundant
Pycnodonte newberryi (Stanton). Thin sandstones in basal 15 m contain common Ostrea beloiti
Logan. About 135 m thick.
Contact - Identity or existence questionable, location
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Tuff of South Crosby Peak(?) — light gray, poorly welded, moderately crystal-rich ignimbrite.
About 30–50 m thick. 40Ar/39Ar age is ~29.7 Ma.
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bioturbated, coastal barrier sandstone that coarsens upward from very fine grained to fine grained.
Sandstones are light gray, but weather light to dark brown and constitute a 10–12 m thick
ridge-forming unit with sharp top and gradational base. Contains Lopha bellaplicata
novamexicanum Kauffman.
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Tres Hermanos Formation (Middle Turonian) — Sandstone and shale unit that forms a
regressive-transgressive wedge of nearshore marine and non-marine deposits that is about 80 m
thick with a gradational base and a sharp top. Consists of three unmapped members, in ascending
order: Atarque Sandstone Member (lower Middle Turonian) — Regressive coastal barrier
sandstones that weather light gray to dark brown or buff. Lower sandstones are transitional with
underlying shale and constitute a 5–7 m thick, ridge-forming unit that has very fossiliferous lenses
and concretionary sandstone bodies with Pleuriocardia (Dochmocardia) pauperculum (Meek) and
Gyrodes spp. Uppermost bed is commonly a brackish water coquina of Crassostrea soleniscus
(Meek). Carthage Member (middle Middle Turonian) — Marine, marginal marine, and non-marine
sandstone and shale slope-forming unit ~60 m thick; lower two-thirds contains thin, fine grained
sandstone beds of paludal-lacustrine or crevasse splay origin and discontinuous, cross-bedded
channel sandstones. The upper third contains marine shale with fossiliferous concretions and
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Kmd D-Cross Tongue of the Mancos Shale (Upper
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Noncalcareous, medium gray, marine shale. About 90 m thick with a sharp basal contact and a
gradational upper contact. Fossils Prioncyclus wyomingensis (Meek) and Scaphites warreni Meek
and Hayden, Prioncyclus novimexicanus (Marcou), Forresteria sp., Lopha sannionis (White), and
sparse Ostrea elegantula White.
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tongue of the Mancos Shale (Middle Coniacian), and Crevasse Canyon Formation
(Coniacian–Santonian?) — Gallup Sandstone is fine grained, gray to yellowish gray, regressive
Shale is drab marine shale about 30 m thick that is intercalated within the lower Crevasse Canyon
Formation about 50 m stratigraphically above the top of the Gallup sandstone. Crevasse Canyon
Formation (mostly the Dilco Member) is drab to gray sandstone, mudstone, and coal deposited in
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environments is similar to Qvy. 0–15 m thick.
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Tlp
Tlp
Tsl

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Tsl
Tlj
Tvp
Kmd?
Tlp
54
41
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23
16
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Magnetic Declination
July, 2012
08.996º' East
At Map Center
[575] 835-5490



30
Pyl
Normal fault - Identity and existence certain, location
concealed; balll and bar on downthrown block

^c
^c
Kd
45
Tlp
34°2'30"N
7
Kuu
33
Tcp?
CONTOUR INTERVAL 20 FEET
New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources
New Mexico Tech
801 Leroy Place
Socorro, New Mexico
87801-4796

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

Tlp
0.5
1
NEW MEXICO
Quadrangle Location




1
1000
PRAIRIE
SPRING



CANON
AGUA BUENA
Qae
Kuu
Qc
^c
^c
Qae
Trh
Qvo
Qvo
Pyu
Trh
Trh
Kd
Tlp
29
3768000
^c
^c
Kuu
Tbpg
Intermediate-age piedmont alluvium (upper? Pleistocene) — Gravel, sand, and mud deposited at
intermediate elevations (about 5-10 m) above modern stream grade. Range of depositional
environments is similar to Qvy. 0–10 m thick.
Normal fault - Identity or existence questionable,
location approximate; ball and bar on downthrown
block

22
Kmd
Trh 24
Kmd
NATIONAL GEODETIC VERTICAL DATUM OF 1929
SAN
ANTONIO




106°42'30"W
Tlp
28
Qvi
Qvi

^c
28
Kuu
Younger piedmont alluvium (upper Pleistocene) — Gravel, sand, and minor mud deposited at low
elevations (less than about 5 m) above modern stream grade. Alluvium is representative of
deposition in a variety of piedmont environments, including alluvial fans, paleovalley and arroyo
fills, strath terraces, fill terraces, and pediment surfaces. 0–15 m thick.
Thm Hells Mesa Tuff –– Brownish pink, crystal-rich, densely welded rhyolitic ignimbrite. Crystals are
Thm
5
Tlp
Tlp
Tdd
Kuu
Tbpg
343000
342 000
Kth
16
Qc Tsu
Tbpg
Tsl
Tsp
l



Qvo
Km



8
15 Tlp
Qc
Qvy
Tbpg
16
Qal
Tlp
32
Qae
Qvo
Thm
Tcp?
Tsl






14
Tlp
Tbpg
SIERRA
LARGA
NORTH
SIERRA
LARGA
SOUTH

BUSTOS
WELL
Kd
Kml
Kd
Kd
^c ^c
35
Qvy
Qvy
^m
Normal fault - Identity and existence certain, location
approximate; ball and bar on downthrown block

1:24,000
Base map from U.S. Geological Survey 1972, from photographs taken 1971, field checked in 1972.
1927 North American datum, UTM projection -- zone 13N
1000-meter Universal Transverse Mercator grid, zone 13, shown in blue.
SIERRA
DE LA CRUZ

341000
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Pg
30

Qvy
Tsu
Tbpg
26
11
^c
8
Kml
10
Kml
Kd
Qvy
Tsl
10
Kd
Tlp
Eolian deposits (upper Pleistocene-Holocene) — Eolian sand and loessic silt locally reworked by
alluvial processes. Deposits are stabilized by vegetation in most areas. Includes intercalated alluvial
deposits and thin, discontinuous eolian veneers on stable upland surfaces. 0–5 m thick.
Normal fault - Identity and existence certain, location
accurate; ball and bar on downthrown block

Kd
^c
Kd
Qc
Tlp
18
Kml?
Qal
^c
Qae
Tsl
Qc
Kth?
Qvo
Qae
24
Tbpg
Qae
Qae
^c
Kuu

Kmd
Qvy
^c
Kd
^c
22
Qvy
19
Tsl
Tbpg
Tsl
Kuu
17
^c
Kd
Kml
^c
3769000
26
Qae
Qae
^c
Kd
Qvy
Tdd
Tsl
Tsl
23
Qvi
Qvy
Tlp
Tdd
25
Tdd
Kml?
35
Kuu
^c
Kml
27
19
38
Tsl
Tbpg
Tsl
^c
^c


23
Qvy
Qae
2
15
340000
4

Pyu
30
25
11
Kmd
15
Tsl

14

Kd
Qvo
15
Trh
24
15
14
^c
Tsl
Tsl
Psa


34
16
16
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 Pg

12

20
Tsl
21
25
15
Tbpg
24
33
^c
Qvi
^c
31
40
Qvo
^m?
^c
Kmd
Tbpg
26

30
13
29

Psa

42
Kd
14
Psa
Tdd
Tsl
Tsl
^c
5
^c
^c
Qc
Tsl
^c
Tsl
Pyu
38
917
Tbpg
Kd?
Qvo
10
Kth
Kml? Tsu
Kml
Kuu
Colluvium and talus (upper Pleistocene–Holocene)— Gravelly deposits of poorly sorted colluvium
and talus blocks on, or adjacent to, steep slopes. 0–5 m thick.
Fault (unspecified) - Identity and existence certain,
location concealed
25
Kth
27
^c

339 000
106°45'0"W
30

Qvy
20
23
Kd
Qvo
Kmd
22

^c
Kth
^c
3770000
Kml
24
10
Qae
Kml?
Kml?
17
34
^c
^c
^c
Trh
Kml?
Kth
Qae
Qvy

34°0'0"N
23
Psa
25
Tsl
Kd
28
^c

 
Pg
Psa
12

10
Pg
24
^c
^c
^c



13
^c
22
19
Qvi
^c
^c
Kmd
Tsl
5
27
Kd
Qc
Qc
Fault (unspecified) - Identity and existence certain,
location approximate
11
^c

16
20
25




Qvo
36

7
^c
Kd
Kth
^c
28
24
^c
42
17


3764000
20
12
Kml
Alluvium (Holocene) — Sand, gravel, and mud in, and adjacent to, modern arroyo channels.
Alluvium is typically at or near the grade of modern channels. 0–10 m thick.
Fault (unspecified) - Identity and existence certain,
location accurate
12
Qvi
Kml
40
Qvy
Qvo

29
26

^c
^m
28
17
15
Tlp
Qc
Kmd
Kuu
14
^c
^c
Kd
Kmd
13
^m
^c

Pyu
20
30
Kth Tdd
5

^c

10
Pyu
^c
Tsl
15

13
40
25
3771000
10
^c
Kml
Qal
Qal
Explanation of Map Symbols
Kd
31
^m
af
36
^c
Middle(?) Pleistocene–Holocene
3772000
5 Qvy
^c
27
Kth
6
15
Qvi
Upper Cretaceous
age is 28.0 Ma.
7
Qae
^c
Kth
Qvo
^m
6
Qvy
41
48
8
24
23
Neogene
8
^c
Qvi
45
Tsl
9
Pyu

Qvo
20
Qvo


Psa

Pg
Pyu
^c

12
Qvy

^c
Qal
Kml
56
Qvi
Kuu
Tbpg
34°5'0"N
^c
32
Tdd
Tbpg
Kd
^c
Tid
Tsl
Qvo
Qvi
af
39
12
 14
Tdd Tsl
Kth Tdd Tbc
5
Qvo
8
12
Tsl
Trh
Tsl
31
Kmd
Pg
Tdw
3773000
 12
4
Mesozoic Erathem
Psa
Tsu
Trh
Qvi
Kth
Kmd
Qvi
16
af
^c
Kml
Kuu
7
9
10
28
Qvo
26
30
26
Pyu
Kml
Kth 23

10
Pyu
15
37
22
^c
21
33
31
Psa
Pyu
42
^c
10

11
8
Qvo
Qvo
^m
Qvo
37
Qvi
Kuu
46
8
Qvi
41
18
Pyu
Kml?
32
Qvo
Cenozoic Erathem
Tlp
Thm
Kth

18
Qvi
Qvy
47
14
Tsl
5
Kd
Tsl
^c
23
10
23

Psa
8
25
49

Qvy
Kth
30
13
12

3
^m
Kuu
Kd
Tlj
9
34
35
23
Pg
 10
Pyl
19
Qvy
Qvo
10
15
Pyu
Psa
23
20


12
8
^c
^c
Psa
25
^c
14

17
9
14
26

24
30
15
Kmd
Tbpg
Pg
Tsl
Pyl
Pyu
23
78
Pyu
17
Kml
Tsl
^c

5
20

3765000
^c
^c
56

^c
Qvy
^c
^c

Qvy
Psa
Pg



19
Pg
Psa

12

23
Pyl
^c
12
^c
9
11
17  50
Qvo
40
Pyu
18
50
Qvo
^c
Kd
Tbc
Kd
26
Tbpg
Tsl
36

^c

28
Qvi
44
Qvo
Kml?
Qvy
24

23
Pg

23
43   76
Pg
*s
86
12 73 Pa

*s
89
51
87 35
30
26
32
Pg


Qvi
Tvp
7
Qvo
^c
28
28
 52
36
Qvi
Kd
17
26
Qvi
Qvi
38
6
13
Qvo
Qvy
Kth
4
^c
26
Kuu
14
13
Kd
Qvi
Kth Kml
Pyu
Pyu
16
40
Qvi
Kd
^c
Kth
42
Psa
20
Pyu 8
Qae
^m?
19
^c
47
31
Kml?
Kd

15
35

23

21
26
3774000
5
Psa
^c
Kd
21
Kml
33
Pg
o
Qv
^c
Kd
Psa
15 43
Kd
18
20
Kmd 43
36
41
Qvy
23

17
Psa
5
Qvo

6
Kd
49
Kd
Kd
Qvo
Pyu
6
22
Qvy
Pa
Pyl
5
56
43
85
Pyl
50
12
20
27

Qvy
Qvi

10
12
23
55
*s
af
11
16
Pyu
33

^c
11
Pyl

20
12
Kd
23
46
88
Pyu
58

^c




Qvy

Qvi
41
Qvy
74
86
16
Kth
19
53

Kml?
13

Psa
9
38
5
Pa
18


Pyu
5


28

24
6
14
Pyl
Psa
18


33

4
^c18
Pg
Pg
^c
 48
83
19
12
Pg
3766000
14
34
Qvo
Psa
71

Psa
26 27
Pg
^c
3
Pa
Psa
Pg

Psa
Pg
Psa
Psa

Pg
9
40
Pa
Psa

13
5
1
42
28
44
5

86
12
Pa
Psa
52
5
Pyl
7


5
Pa
3
Pg
37
Pyu

Pa
Pa
16


5

7
40
Pyu
18

3
12
af
15
15

3767000
Psa
Qvy
7
5
Psa
10


Psa
6
Pyu
3

15
10
Pg 12
5
12



38

Pyu 22
12



14
Pg
22
Pyu

34°2'30"N
22


3768000


Pyl
31
 
88

Pyu
3
Qvo
Kd
Pyl
37
Pyu
29
75 37
Pa
6
Pa
8
36

Qvy
2
7
Pyu
Pyl
Qvo
6
Pyl
9
11
28



16
Pyl
Qae
80
83



Pyl
Qae
24
12

5
3
5
11
Pyu
7
Pyu
Qvo
80
11
15
7

Qvo
10

Kd
Qvo
^c
Qvy Pyu
Qvi
Qvy
 75
^c
Qvo
20
af
40
Kmd
^c
Qvy

^c
Kth
30
7
Qvy
Kd
Kuu
15
17

5
Qvy
10
10
13
15
Pa

5
4
Qae
25
Qvo
Pg
^c
3775000
4
16
^c
^c
37
77
15
35
Qvy
40
29
2
3
Pyu


20


10

4
3
13

Pyu
4
15
Pg
3769000
11
24
Kd
Kml
27
48
Pyu
22

Pyu
63
4
8


24
8
5
^c
Qal
24
Qvi
Tl
18
af
23
Qvy
Tsc
Qvo
Kuu
Qvi
Qvo
Qae
Kd
^c
Pg
20
5
Qvo
Qvy
73
Qae
Qvo
6
5
Kd
16
Pyu
7
Qvi

74

Pyu


^c
Qal
8
Pyu
Qal
18
Qae
2
60
7
Qae
29
7
Qae
23
^c
8
10
19
21
12
22Kd 13
 Kml
18

Pyu

50
Pg
^c

8
48
Qvy
Qvy
15
Psa
Qvo
48

5

45
9
Psa
7
Qvi
19
3
Kth
Qvo
5
32
^c
10
Qae

20
Qvi
Kd
50
Qvy
12
Kmd
Qvi
5
Qae
Qvy
23
3776000
Qc
24
35
33
Pg
^c
26
33
44
37
Pg
Qvi
65

Pg
10
Pyu
80

^c
63
Qvo
Pg
12
Qvo
Qvy
14
4
9
Tbpg
20
57
16
Pyl
17
Pyu
15
3
Pyu
61
20
15
7
43
39
15
Qvi
12
26
 10
Qvy
12
47
47
^c
Qvo
Pyu
7

20

Pyu
Psa


18
81
Pyl
Psa
Pg

Pyu


Pyl
13
37

55




3
8
15
3 18
7
38
Pg
16
12
 

Pyu
8
Pyu
21

16 11



5
A

Qvy
Pg
19

3770000
Pyu

Pyu
9
Pyu
Psa
20
Psa
4

15
Pyl

42
Psa
Pg
30

Pyu

10
7
49
6
Qvo
24
Kth
Qvy
9
60
^c


30
Qvy
11


Pyu

Psa

Pg

Pyu

Pg


Pa


5

30
10
Pg
19
8
63
Pyu

Pyl
15
35
Pyu
12
Qvo
14
16

5

32

 21
Qal
Kml
28
Qvy
3777000
15
40
Psa
11
37
36
 5
^c
17
10
10
33
19
Qae
Pg
26


Pg 38
Pyu

Psa
5


7 10
Pg
8
Qvy

28
Pyu


7

10
31
Psa
31
6
Psa
Pg
Psa
Psa 10
27
29
Pg
24
 16 13
Pyu

^c
Psa
10
34

Pyu
14
Pa

Pg

 16
Pyu


35


17
29
36

Pg
Psa
Pyu
3

22
80

Pb
3771000
18
Pyu
5

 26
Pg

Qvy
30

18
8
Pyu
Pyu

Psa

25

Pyu
13


36
19

10
5
3772000
25


14
34°5'0"N
 26

Pa
Pyl
Psa
  

51
14
13
Qvo
11
Pg
23
11
16
^c
17

 14
13
Pg
Qvy
19
19
Qvo


8
23


7
6
^c
Kd
28
82


17
8
Qvo
11
24
Tbpg


Map Unit Descriptions
34°7'30"N
Psa
27
19
20
17


25
17


Psa

25
55
Pg

29

30


40
21
Pyu
20


5
^c

7


13
45
15
Qvo
8

Psa
^c
3

60
7

Qvy
36

30
Pa





26
15
 35 

Pyu
Psa
10
63
21
Qvo
23

20

15
Pyu
5
af
18


Qvy
15





7




18
13

4


3773000
43
Pa


16

29 42
72


*ma

11
 35
24

26
7
40
10
43

27

29


28
8 12
13
83
Qvy
21

Pb


Pb
8
12



Pb
8
8

67

Pyu
7
5
Pyu

6
Pb
 20
 50

15


23
26

15
44
32
46

18


10
11

Pyl
24
 42
 45
15
 34  69
18




21
 44
29
15
10
8
5
Pb
2

19
18


3
5 Qal

6
Qvy
7
5
Pb
6
*ma
Qal

18

10

3774000

Pb

8


8 *ma
5
Qvy
6
*ma
 
15
8
Pb

 12

Qvy
16
12
  


Qvy
50

13
8
 
3775000

Qvy

6

13

6

5
7
26
20

 15

Pb

Qvy

*ma


4

6

7  7
6
 
45 75
 55 
 49 20


5
5
6

5
43
J
Correlation of Map Units
106°37'30"W
350 000
349 000
348 000

60
80


*ma
Pyu
A’
347000
10
56
Qae


5
 

Pb
Pb
49

Qvy
3776 000




3

*ma

Qvy

3

12
 23
Pyl
106°40'0"W
346000

Pb
14
Qal
345000

 10
25


8
344 000


Pb
LOMA
DE LAS
CANAS
343 000
 15
 17
18
Pyl
32
7
35
17
30
Pb

2525
 3014  18 

38Pyu
Pa
47
22
19
9

10
Pa

56
26
21
25 11 
 22
Pyl 
30
Qvy
39

15
20



9
18
25
 21 25
 13
Pb
24

77
Qvy
1922 43
Pb 58
26

48
Pa  45 
Pb
 10
14
Qvy
 16
75
Pyl
22
Pyl
*ma
30
10
6


27
Pb
Qvy
Qae
20
16
10
Pb

34 30 40

 11 6
14

85

Pyu
7
10
20
35
29
Pyu
20
 
 11
 50 Pyl
Pb
Pb
40
36
 33
4
8
Qae
5
48
 15
20
27
5
Pb
Qvy
6 8
14
30
8 
13
7

Pa
12
15
55
20
5
32
10
 24

Qvy
*ma

Qvy
 61
53
78
Qvy

Pb
*ma
10

Pa
3777000
MESA
DEL YESO
106°42'30"W
342 000
341000

340000

34°7'30"N
339 000
Last Modified June 2014

106°45'0"W
NMBGMR Open-file Geologic Map 237
A DIVISION OF NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY
Pa
4,000
3,000
sub-Pyu structure is uncertain
2,000
1,000
0
0
10,000
20,000
Feet
30,000
38,950
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