0 0 0 0 -< I 0 0 NEW MEXICO BUREAL- OF MINES & MINERAL FESOURCES open-file report 3 2 2 MEASURED SECTIONS OF PENNSYLVANIAN SEDIMENTARY ROCKS, TAOS TROUGH, NORTHERN NEW MEXICO J. M. Casey These measured sections accompanya Ph.D. Dissertation entitled: DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEMS AND BASIN EVOLUTION OF THE LATE PALEOZOIC TAOS TROUGH, NORTHERN NEW MEXICO THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN May 1980 I' a -\ r- A,, 1060!30’ MEASURED 105q2d / SECTlONSl Figure 4 . Map of study areawith measured s e c t i o n l o c a l i t i e s indicated by numbers. Measured Section Logging Form Measured s e c t i o n d a t a were r e c o r d e d , g r a p h i c a l l y , on a s t a n d a r d i z e d form (following page) using symbols shown i n F i g u r e 8. The logging formspeeded s e c t i o n m e a s u r i n g a n d e l i m i n a t e d t h e need t o later t r a n s f o r m l o n g w r i t t e n d e s c r i p t i o n s i n t o g r a p h i c i l l u s t r a t i o n s (measured s e c t i o n f i g u r e s shown in text are e x a c t l y as they appear on t h e o r i g i n a l f i e l d - r e c o r d e d l o g g i n g f o r m ) . NOTE:MEASUREDSECTIONLOCALITIESARE - TOPOGRAPHICQUADRANGLES ALLMEASUREDSECTIONSAREINMETERS SHOWN ON U.S.G.S. 7.5 MINUTE e e I I : e e I' LFOSSILS I AMPLE E: MEASURED LOGGING FORM (75% actual size). SECTION LOCALITIES ARE SHOWN ON U.S.G.S. TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLES ALL MEASURED SECTIONS AREIN METERS 7.5 MINUTE ,!/ ORGANIC STRUCTURES {-u-Burrows 1, Roots FOSSILS 963 Wood @ Brachiopods 4 a Bryozoans 0 0 Crinoids 3 Corals @ Fusulinids 9 Gastropods @ Bivalves Phylloid Algae Figure 8 . Explanationofsymbols forsedimentarystructures,lithology, and f o s s i l s used on a l l measured sections.Grain-sizeofclasticrocks andDunham's (1962) c l a s s i f i c a t i o n oflimestonesareindicatedinleft-hand column. All sedimentarystructuresaredepicted graphically as accurately as possible. DEGREE OF BIOTURBATION Weakly b l o t u r b a t e d Moderatelybloturbated Stronglybloturbated COLOR L M D m - - gray C B - brown W dark R - red Bk- b l a c k mottled 0 orange T - tar\ light G medium Y - cream white yellow Gn- g r e e n B1- b l u e Example LBG - l i g h t brownish gray FOSSILS present common abundant whole broken Lsmb3LI NO318VllVhV SI SlOBNAS ONV SdVW 31HdVM30dOlONIBI' 26022 VINl38lA 'NOIS38 80 'SZZOE OQV80103 '83AN30 'h3AHnS lV3130 SaLIVONVlSh3VLIJn33VdVW1VNOILVN H l l M S 3 l l d W 0 3 d' 0 3 0 2 . - -"I - I 0 0 - 0 0 0 , . ". . - ..- . .. *_ . ... .. _. * c - ---i " " ... --. - . . .* . ' . .." . .... . ... . ..e.. 4 . 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I .. . i . . . . - J. : I 1I I ." . - ~ , .L . . . I c .. 1 , . . ~. _. . . . ..* . I . .. i I 19 30 Figure 10. Correlationof E o Chiquito measured s e c t i o n s w i t h faultdisplacements removed (approximatedisplacementindicated Maximum c l a s t s i z e of l a t e r a l l yp e r s i s t e n t inparentheses). conglomeratezone i s a l s o shown. Fusulinid sample numbers ref e r t o samples l i s t e d i n Table 2. EXPLANATION SAMPLES FUSULlNlD BEDS MARKER &Limestone FusulinidSample N.. ss . .'...': Sandstone Number CONQL EZZEZEZ @ "TSW,I(III) 3- Conglomerate Maximumclast Zone - size (cm) JMC '79 49 W E CORRELATION OF RIO CHlQUlTO MEASURED SECTIONS 2'soL z 100 E 5 . . . 0 I 0 THIS EXACT AREA HIOHLY CORRELATION 15 I 14 I .. .~. 2 kilometors -0 FAULTED UNCERTAIN " 0 16 I I .. ." .~ Figure 10. YKES 7 7II r i I !-I - - I 1 ! . . . . . . ~- I ,I RCB ..- . . <.I . . i ,: ,YrtGL 2 " " ~-. . , I I ........ ......... ._, - .. . . . " I 1 . - , L. I ! 1 - - . .- ._.. ......... ...... r . 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