Field notes supporting the fossil collections from New
Mexico
A. L. Bowsher
1992
New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech
Socorro, New Mexico 87801
Open-file Report 388
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S h e e t s 1 . I - X 3 cancel-n t h e relatirms o f t h e P e n n s y l v a n i a n - L a b o r cit.o-Abo
in 1
m
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1 . d ~ Canyon.
~
'These
relations are d i e c u s s e bd y
Carel
U t t e , 19EiY, Late P e n n s y l v a n i a n arid E a r l y F%rmian
S t r a t i g r a p h y of t h e
N o r t h e r nS i w . r a m e n t oM o u n k a i n s ,
Utero Ca,
N e w Mexicor State Bureau 0.F
Resources, B u l l e t i n 50"
M i n e sa n dM i n e r a l
I
Appendix 3
&Ibund&\nt b i , o h e r m a l masses o c c u r ' i n t h e M i s s l s s l p p i . a n OC t h e
Sacramento M o u n t a i n s 4rom : I n d i a n Wells C a n y o ns o u t h t o Mule Canyon.
nf t h eb i o h e r m s
on a t r i p t o t h eS a c r a m e n t o
R o w s h e rb e g a nt h es t u d y
Mountains Cram Lawrence, Kansas in k h e s i s s t u d y i n J u n e
1946. Rioherms
were lacaked on aerial p h o t o g r a p hasn d
from C i e L c l i n v e s t i g a t l o n s .
S k e t c h e s nf e a c h set OC b i o h e r m s was made Crom t h e o p p o s i t e side oC
exposures i ne a c hc a n y o n
a n d t h e n a similar set o f s k e t c h e s were made
of
the b i o h e r m s or t h e i r c o r r e l a t i v e s from t h e o t h e r s i d e o f t h e
c a n y o n s . A g e o l o g i c map o f t h e area was made from a e r i a l p h o g o g r a p h s
and .khe b i o h e r m s were n u m b e r e d on s k e t c h e s a n d t h e a e r i a l p h o t o g r a p h s .
Appendix 3 :is a s ~ oC
~ tthese s k e t c h e sb yB o w s h e rw i t ha na c c o m p a n i n g
geologic sitecth map s h o w i n gi d e n t i C i c a t i o nn u m t ~ e r s .
X
t is h o p e dt h a tt h ec o % l e r : t i o n r
reCerred t o i n t h e s e n o t e s
will
oC grewk h e l p ko p a l e o n t o 2 o y i s tasnsdt u d e n tws o r k i nign
New
Me,tico.
T hbeu l k
o f %hese c o l l e c t i n n s a r e in a s i n g l e set, m o s t l y
U 8 IUiational
Ivluseum. Some collections are C a i r l y
u n w o r k eidtnh e
e x t e n s i v e . I\lumerous 1 , o c a l i t i e s Cram t h e s en r s t . e h o n k s
a r e we1 1. p i c k e d
ovet"
Local i. ti.et; i11 %.he Bar1 Andres I%xmtain e arm no l o n g e r a c c e s s a b l e
because t h e r a n g e l l e s I W
n hite
8 a n c I s P r o v i nG
g r o u n d sT. h e
set o f
notes are made a v a i l a b l e in o p e n + i l e i n order t h a t t h e c o l l e c t i o n s i n
t h e IJ S Museum c a n be made a v i l i l a b l e t o p e i l e o n t o l o g i s t and t o make
l o c a l i t y and s t r a t i g r a p h i c source a v a i l a b l e .
be
1 0 - S c o u t e d' T i - u j i l l a
CIV-, 3 . 3 m i SSOE of I-lillsboro, Sierra Co.,
S l y Gap
Fm. (3030) a n dP e r c h a
C r e e k F o r k (3031). C o o p e ro b t a i n e dw i n g so n
black s h a l e a+ t h e Percha h e rTeh. e
P s u e c l a s y r i nf rxot m
he
A w i d e ~ , W Q l a n eh i g h w a yp a s s e sr i g h t
l o c a l i t y is now d e s t r o y e d .
o v e r t h e Percha and L a k V a l l . e y collecting sites o f
le".
:Ill-Collected at I \ l u r t hP e r c h a
C r e e k R a n g e r Sta ( R e a d yP a y
Fm-303.2) and
a l o n g road between SawpiZ:
and
Carbonate Creek
2 m i l e s N of
K i n g s t o n ,s i l i c i f i e dP e n n a .
12--CoXlected a t Lake Valley and Wilson's h o u s e (3023 84 3l326)
1 F " o l l e c t e d 12: W i l s o n ' sR a n c h
(3025)
I.Y--Spent t h e claywrappj,ng
+ Q G S ~lo.
15-CoL lected at W
i l s o n 's Ranch ( 3 0 2 5 )
X b - C ~ ~ l l e c t e dat 'The Box P e r c h a Creek 2, 3 m i les ESE o f Hil l S b o r a
P e r c hSahT,h e
Box member (3034) a n d 1/2 m wast of K i n g s t o n
(3034a)
17-Col1ec.ted at Ladrane G u l c h
5 m i w e s t a fK i n g s % o n
(Box l l h r - 3 0 3 5 )
18-TI-ip I-lillsbara to H o t 8 p r i n g e s to Socorro t o see A n d e r s o n and sta.f.F
at N M BLW Minem a n d MR. R e t u r n e d t h a t n i g h t
ko H i l l s b o r n .
l9-.Ccrll,ec:%I2d a t C. Boydc ranch 3.3 m i west oHf i l l s b a r n
(
3038 &
3039). Wrapped i n t h ea f t e r n o o n .
1,,2 m i
So
Earl Wilson's r a n c h (siltstone w i t h
20-Collected
Orbicel1.a at base of t h eR e a d yP a y
m b r o fP e r c h a - 3 0 3 7 )
2f-'Ti-ip %.aI4at G p r i n g s f o r l a u n d r y ,
22-Hillsboro t c ~S i l v e r C i k y , ,V i s % t e dH a r r i s o nG c h m i d ti ne v e n i n g .
I-lernon v i s i t e dt h e
Bear Mk,n lac t a
2 3 - V i s i t e d US09 i nS i L v e ~C i t y .
a s s i s t LIS i n c a l l . e c t i n g f r o m t h e
Bolt Mbr of t h e P e r c h a .
24-Trip to Paradise, A r i z o n a ,tu examine H e r n o n s' se c t i ootnhf e
(3041).
D e v o n i a na n dM i s s i s s i p p i a ni n% h eC h i r a c h i c h u aM t n s .
A c c o m p a n i e da nt h i s
t r i p b y Robert H e r n a n .
23-Collected a t Bear Mtn andwent, t o H i l l s o b o r o (3042)
26-Drove to T u s c o n , A r i z o n a to v i s i t Dr S t a y a n o w at t h e U. 0.f h r i a a n a .
t o H i l l s b o r n . C o J . l e c t e d 3 " 3 m i E o f Santa Rita, G r a n t
2 7 - S l l v e rC i t y
co ( 9 0 4 : ~ )
2 8 - C o l l e c t e d at A p a c h e H i l l 'I l.ake V a l l e y , ,
2 9 - L e c t u r e d at H o t S p r i n g ! % High School.
30-Collected at P. I\lunn a n d Bclyd R a n c h e s .
,
,
I
I
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Clctober 1948
l-Drnve f r o m Hi X lsbnro to alamogcwdo.
2-Collected in I n d i a n Wells C a n y o n ,S a c r a m e n t a
Mtns (3044)
9 - C o l l e c t e d i n A r c e n t eC a n y o n a, l o n g
West %$.de Raacl, Sacramenta M t n s
(3045)
4 - B o w s h e rh i k e df r o m
cast Side 'to A l m a Pealc t c r meet { U l e n i n Ivlarble
C a n y o n( L a k eV a l l e y - 3 0 4 6 )
5-Gollccked iD
n rCy a n y o nS,a c r a m e n t o
Mtns. P e n n s y l v a n i a n (3047 M.
Des. ,:304814. Des" 3049 U. Des,, a n d 3050 Basal Can?)
6-Collected P e n n a o. n
West S i d e Road, 6.1. M i s o u t h o f H i g h Rolls (3031
U.
C a n . ? ) .A c c o m p a n i e db ye n g i n e e r s
Vicltes and lierume on t o u r o f
P i g Canyon
7-Col lected at east s i d e o f Alamo Peak and a t P i gC a n y o n
(3032)I
+Dry oCf tu d o l a u n d r y ,h a i r c u . t s ,w r a p p i n g
a n dg e t t i n g
pass to t h e
W h i t e Sand Range.
Y-Packed i n m a r n i n g a n d
made t r i p t o Rh~clesC a n y o n , S a n A n d r n s Iltns.
1 0 - C a l I . e c t e d in R h o d e sC a n y o n ,S l y
Gap F m (3054).
I l - P a c k e db o x e sf o rs h i p m e n t
t u ' t h e US N a t i o n a l Museum, Wash. DCp
,
I
3793 l b s .
1.2-Cul l e c t e d on eas.ts s l o p e L ~ CAlamo Peak (3053)
1 9 - C a l l e c k c d in P i g C a n y o n , 3 m i Se o fT u n n e ol n
US
Canyon"
2 o f 3-2948
180, h e a do D
f ry
14-mCal l e c t e d n
i
X n d i a 1 7 Wel 1,s Canyon, n o r t h
branchg(Morrow 2-:300 f e e t
above base oJ: Penn.
3053)
and
M i s s i s s i p p i a n (3056) a tt h e
upper
Canycm.
end o f maince?ntralcanyonofIndianWells
1.5-Packing f o r shipment.
1.6-Col.lected i n Orapevine Canyon, south end c 3 f SacramentoMtns.
(Miss?
305'7 and Penna-Si I i c i + i e d gastropods-3058)
17-Day o f f "
18-Conference w i t h E Ftussel L l o y d and c o l l e c t e d a t Tularosa (3061).
19-Packed and c o l l e c t e d i n Alamo Canyon (Plantoya3059).
20-Packed
and collected east o f
r e e f s and n
i
old c l a py i t s
at
.
Tularasa.
2 1 - V i s i t e d 1Escondit.a Canyon w i t hP r a y
(.3017)
2 2 - V i s i t e d Russia, K a r r andHaynesCanyon(30h0,
3062, 3063 % 3064).
23-Vised N I g y e r Ed Canyon, s o u t h o f SacramentoMtns(3067).
24-Packed f o r shipment.
23-Finished
p a c k i n gs, h i p p e d
rocks
and drove
from
Alamogordo t u E l
F'aso Tx
26-Vi.sited Dr. L &I Nelson a t Texas School. ofMines
and c o l l e c t e d i n
%.he F r a n l t l i n Mtnsg V i n t o n Canyun (I.. A N P X S Q ~ S typa-0nat~?-3068 %
3069) "
27-Coll.ected in t h e F r a n k l i n PItnsQ
i n Hueco Mountains,
near
I-lcrecu Tanks. (Upper Helms,
28-Collected
Oolite
with
camp%ctc
s i l i c i f ir eo dn d s
on
Archimedes
( u n d e s c r i b e d s) ,p e c t a c u l a r
and trilobite w r i t t e n up bH
ya r r y
Whittingtan-J070)
and (Pennsylvanian at bend en4 road e a s t oT
Huecu Tanks(30'71).
2 9 - V i s i t e d Fianger I \ l a t u r a l i s t ak Carlsbad Caverns.
3 0 - V i s i t e d D r . LoRay P a t t o n a t Texas Tech. and d r o v e %a Pampa, T x .
<m-~afltpa, -rep1as.
,
.
November 1948
1-Drovefrom
Pampa, Texas %a Norman, 0 k l a .
2 & 3 - C o l l e c t e d i n Arburkle M,tns. w i t h Bob Dott, Sr and Hammg Caney Sh
SESW 35 T3N RhE,
Pontotoc Co. (3074) ; Caney 5h- Camp Clausen,
(3072)g fiycamore, L mile S o f S p r i n g n
ee
r ar
aLd
Murray Ca
a i r p o r t ; Caney-Jack Fork Creek (30'75);Caney sh(3076)and
Go ( 3 0 7 7 ) ~ Caney sh-Rhine's
Weldan near Sheep Creek,
Pantatuc
W r i n c k l e Sock Ranch (3077).
4-Wrapping f o s s i l s i n Tid.sa, Oklahnma.
5 - V i s l t o d L E F i t t s and a t t e n d e d t h e Tulsa O e n l n g i c a l S o c i e t yl u n c h e o u
c o l l e c t e d T r a m t h e TiawahLimestone
a t t h e F i n and Feather C l u b
(3n Claremore Road.
f o w s i l s and packing.
&"rapping
7-Day o f f .
#-Drove t o Taleqrrah, O h , v i c i n i t . y and c o l l e c t e d S t Joe Fm. Spent t h e
n i g h t i n Pleasantan, Kansas.
v i s i t e d a.ta t h e L l n i v e r s i t y nf Kansas.
9-Drove to Lawrenceand
a t t h e U o f Ma.
1 0 - C o l l e c t e dn e a rB a o n e v i l l e
and s p e n t t h e a f t e r n o o n
11-Lectured to D r . P e c k ' s Advanced Palea. class on IMiss c r i n o i d s .
,to Lawrence
and
v i s i t e d a't the U o f Kansas.
Drove t o
9-Drove
Cincinnati.
10-Drnve to White Sulphur Springs.
13-Drove t o Washingtm, DC v i a Newport News,
Va
fur H i l l Allen.
24-Reported to work i n t h e US N a t i o n a l Museum.
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Dear Hdrry:
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. . ' . I an glad t o hear ithat you a r e moving Along with the
Helms T r i l o b i t e s . 1 hope ym r e a l i z e they e r e mseun ?roperty,
not mine personally, and;t h a t you have them on a shiip:~!ng
i n v o i c e r I ao not remember Wh8 t was done+ 1 presume th t
y0.U.had Booper. take carq'; o f i g e t t i n g tl10m t o you.,
I
t
Arthur L. Bowsher
& s o c i e t eC u r a t o r
not shew the
The p r e s e r v a t i m of many o f the specimens does
Measurements
,langth
::d
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i'
fLfS.4
Paratype figs. 1, 2, U.S.B.K.
Paratype figs,
Paratm
.5, 6 ,
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.86
3.27
fig. 8, U.S.B.
Paratype fig.
Tspe 1o&ty:
.93
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ll, U.S.
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anidebouk, K d d Trip 5,
'Umest&e
West Texas Geol. SOC. F i a d
L.
Bcnrsher,
May-June
G.C.
1946
( s t o p 1 on map
Branson, Nowber 1949,
c a l i t y 3070-2).
Distributioni This specf' s i s @m
n
atnd.
t h e same section (U.S.N.M.
Geol. SOC.
bed 9* sec. "GB
col
l
19M (U.S.N.M.
EL-Paso
Eelma fo-tbn,
p 13, Wesf 'Texas
A.
98
of P o w o w Tanks, approximately
Texas, 24 miles
accompanying this t r i p ) .
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U.S.G.S$.lO889
,
Qnadrangle,
.81
/I3307
Holotype pigs: U 3 . N .X.
m.
Greatest
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in bed
of
locality 3070-&), sqd .at approximately
F r6b%2'K9*'U.
fi.,
the same s t r a t i g r a p h i c l e v e l in ;a saddle 1.1 miles west of Pomw
16
w, a p p r o x i a a t d y sos15Y'i#.
(U.SJ3.M.
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.locality
3069-2).
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XT:tI\IEI:IARY OF 1951 T R I P
-r (3
hIEW MEXICO, IMISEiOUR1, 1LLINOXS, AWD INDI:AI\IA
A L BOWSHER E< w 'r ALLEN
U S hlati anti1 Museum
4-JUNE 'TO 5 JULY 1951-Assicjted G A Cooper to c o l l e d : s i l i c i f i e d
f o s s i l s from the Permian and F:'ennsylvanian n.6 t h e Glass Mo~mtai.nsnut
of Mal-akhon, I,:,,W
e drovethe museum t r u c k , t h a t hadbeen
cached f o r
thewinter
i n Worman, Clk., ,to Marathon, T x . a f t e r f l y i n g +ram
Washinytan,, D C %nNorman, Ok.
Bowsher had spent .the summers o+ 1949 i,n e x p l o r a t i o n i n
o f t h e c e n t r a l p a r t 0.f: t h e BromicsRangeon
behalf 0.f t h e Navy O i l
U n i t , USGS, Washington,, D C. We returned to the I3rooks Range i n t h e
summer C J ~ 1 Y 5 0 %a a s s i s t Br-orye's USGS p a r t y 0.6 13 to conduct a
helicopter survey to e ~ t e n dt h e wurk b q u n i n 1'?49 i n mapping o f t h e
Brooks Range.
JULY
S--Cooper l e f t an t h e . t r a i n f o r
Waehingtan a,k Ob40 AM. B
i
l
l Allen
a r r i v e d a% 1130 AM from Washington. B i l l A l l e n andBowsher
cicparted by t h e museum t r u c k from Marathon rt 1310 hrs.
arriving
at Mesa Courts i n E l Pasa a t X?00 hl-s.
h - v i s i t e dw i t h
Dr L A Mclson a t t h e School o.F Mines at El. Pasor Tx.
hlelson drc~ve with us to 2:hr n o r t h end oftheFraniclinMountainr
throughhnthony Uap and r e t u r n to t h e school to ep:amine h i s
1 cephlapods and
c o l l e c t i o n s . I\le1.snn ha5 a f i n e c a l l e ~ t i ( 3 ra.6
m a i l s from ,thm c l a y p i t s j ~ w rtwt
t
o f 'Tulare)sa, N l Y . (p. I4,
3(317). 'These +ossile ireported l3y Bome and cephlapods w m
clescribecl by M i l l e r .
7-L C: Pvay a r r i v e d a t tc3urist. mute1 et 080Cl h r n W e l e f t f a r Anthuny
Gap examining t h e S i l u r i a n Fusselman Fm. Returned to Desert
IMntel a t 4331. Montana(owned
by 1. A Nelson) f o r t h e n i g h t .
L A
Ne1so11 came over l a t e r i n t h e evening <and discussed genlogy of
t h e area w i t h him.
8-Had an e a r l y morningdiscussionwith
INelsonand
drove north t o
OrogI-ande t o col'lectPennsylvanian and Permian. F5 of 8 J u l y 51
are huge hexayonarid c o r a l s . 4 ' h i , and 3' i n diameter.Onlyplace
I ever saw such m a t e r i a l (p. 1 1 7 ) . Drove 2:o Alamogordo and packed
fossils.Visited
L C Pray's J:iel.d camp
13.5
m i southofHigh
R o l l s an ,the Wcst S i d e Road. Ake supper w i t h themand
l e c t u r e d on
t o Alamogardo.
bioherms.Returned
9-,.Drovesou2:h
oC Valmnnt and i n t o Grapevine Callyon to t h e old Danley
Ftanch t o search f u r s i l i c i f i e d P l a t y c r i n i t e s .
3286.
A l o c a l i t y map i s Bowsher, L Y 8 6 , P l a t y c r i n i t e s and a+%aciated
c:rinaids +ram Pennsylvanian rocks of the
Sacramenta Mountains,
New M Q X ~ C C JC
~ i r c u l a r 19'7, WMBME%MR, page 6, Fig. 1. Cooper
described [;ryptocantha from F77 o f Y Ju1.y 51 (3502)
10-Returned t o Urapevine Canyon to search f o r P l a l t y c r i n i t s s .
Silicified specimens were $aund .%t l u c . :?;35""
a. Drove .to La Luz f o r
Otte. Agreed t o wnrCc Che f o s s i l r f a r C w e l
discussinnwithCarel
i n h i s mapping 0 . F t h e area"
11-Drove tu Fresnal Canyon through La LLEand
collected from t h e
Pennsylvanian and Wolfcampian Bursum Fm. (3022, 3286, 3366,
3370). One lac. was c a l l e d Che Taosiii LCICALXTY (3022 DR 3284)
12-Bi 1. l A1 l e n and 1 drove to La Lux t o meet Carel O t t e and v i s i t
t h e Tular,usa Clay P i t s (farmer brickyard) (3297and3368) .This i s
f U S S i l 5 are
t h e l o c a l i t y where Base wrote that the Pennsylvanian
I n t h e Abo F W (Permian) ,, A k: Mil:ler reexamined ,the cephlapods and
1. o+ 4-1941
,
"
"
came t o t h ec o n c l u s i o nt h a t' t h e ya r eP e n n s y l v a n i a n , e
All s p e c i e s
Ok.
canbefound
i n t h e Red E a g l eL i m e s % a n en e a rB a r t l e s v i l l . e ,
which i s Permian. 1.k i s an I m p o r t a n tl o c a l i t y .
(3261)
1 3 - B i l 1A l l e n
and L d r o v e% h eP e r m i a nL a b o r c i t or e e f s
ENE a f T u l a r a s a
to cal1ec.kfromtheireefs
and t h e s u b j a c e n t b e d s "
This a r e a i s discussed i n Bowsher, 198b,
Ahlen and
Hansun,
SW
S e c t b i u n uf AAPG Trans.andGuidebook
a+ l98h Convention,
Ruidosu, New Ivlexico, p. 65-419.
1 4 - B i l l A l l e n , CarelO%te and Bowsherwent
into Friec. 11, T 1 4 6 , R10E,
f r o m just b e l o w t h e t h i c k s i l l n e a r t h e t u p
of t h e l A m r c i t o
Fm. ( C o l l e c t e d 3362, 9371and 3372, etc)
1 5 - A l l e n and I drove ,to C a p i t a n t o f i e l d camp d i r e c t e d by S t u a r t
Jones t o a r r a n g e to me& m
h
i
on 25 J u l y at H i l l s b o r a onmapping
i n t h eH i 1 l e b u r or e g i o n .D r o v e
t o FresnalCmyan
t o collect
f u s u l i n e sw i k hC a r e l
U l t e . AIlen measured t h e s e c t i o n and we
c m l l e c t e d f o s s i l s from beds 3 Y , 40 eC 4Y.
1 6 - C a l l e c t e d Cram T u l a r o s a c l a y p i t s (3281, :3284 !h 3 2 8 5 ) .
1 7 - A l l e n and L d r o v e t o t h e f o r k o f t h e r o a d i n F r e s n a l
Canyon and
measured s e c k i a n ,From Conglomeratezone
Bursum down t o t h e t o p
uf %heFresnal Fm,, O n l yo n ec t l l l . e c t i u n
number o f 5379.
g i v e nl a c .
'This is t h e ILabarcita Fm. and i d e n t i q i e s t h e Tasaia beds(3022).
Therewere
many a t h e r c o l l e c t i o n s . A l l e n
and Bowsher drove up
F r e s n a l Canyon to SW/I\IW/I\IE Sec. 1, TlhS R I L E (3578) Spent t h e
a f t e r n o o n b u i l d i n g and packingboxes
i n which to s h i p t h e
fossils. D i c k Jahns came by and a t e d i n n e r w i t h
us b e f o r e g o i n g
on .to Sacorra.
18-Packingand
s h i p p i n g 776 l b s . fossils t o Smithsonia\n.Drove
to
Hat Springs. Met Jim Waters, C;hief G e o l o g i s t and t h e i r D i d .
G e o l o g i s tf r o mM l d l a n d ,
Sun O i l C:o.
19-Drove to Winston to meet D i c k Jahns, Cal. Tnst. 'Tech.
He
was
mapping a p e g m a t i t en o r t h o f Winston. C a l l i h a n , Bowen and
K o % t l o w s k ia r r i v e d a t 10l.5 hrs. D r o v et o w a r dC h l o r i d e
Creek
koward C h i z . Examinedd Perchacen
NE/4 sec. 18, 'r126, R7W.
T h i s Chis l o c a l i t y ha%pruduced foosils f r o m thE' b a s a l p a r t af
t h eP e r c h ab u t
we d i d n o t g e t any. f:lower l a t e r on s e n t a
c o l l e c t i o n %a t h e US I\liAtiUllal Museu.'They
were b r o u g h t t o me b y
t h er a n c h e r J o h n s t o n l i v i n g a t Wins%an am P o s t Master.
20-Callahan, Bowen, K o t t l o w s k i ,A l l e n
and I accompanied DickJahns
to
t h e p a r t o f t h e I r a n Mtn. he was mappingand
l o o k e d a t t h er o c k s .
21-Hllen,Jahns
and T went eastfromWinston
t o Red
Gap
on t h e Hat
Springshlway.
Found few f c ~ s s i l sand metamorphosed s e c ~ t i o n .
A 1 l e n and Bowsherup
Raymond Johnson PM uf Winston,accompanied
t h e s t r e a m fr.uflt blermosa.
22-Allen,Jahns
and I d r o v en o r t h t o Ooat Canyon, 6 o f I r a n Mtn.
to k i i l l s b o r o ) me,t
E > : p l o r a t u r y work i n theWinstonarea.ddrove
H e n r y J i c h a who
was
mapping t h e E..lillsbnrc? q u a d .
23-KuehlmerYJahns,
New Kuehlmer, S t u a r t Junes, P h i l Woodsideand
beds 3 m i . west o f H i l l s b o r o .
The
BillvisitedTertiarylake
group went %a L a k e V a l l e y where we r e v i e w e d t h e Laudonand
Bowsher seckiun. NunnMbr
L a k eV a l l e y 3027. 13rave n o r t h t o E a r l
Wilson,sranch
t u collectfromthe
302h and 3026h. Examined
TieleraBl.ancaCreek
( 3 0 2 9 ) . Spent n i g h t i n t 4 i l l s b o r o .
24.441 Len and J: i n company o f o t h e r s from WMBM&MR drove i n t o t h e
e a s t s i d e o f Cook's Range. D e s c r i b e i m p o r t a n t l o c a l i t y o f
basal beds o ft h eP e r c h a
b l a c k shale. This
wnadnntsinthe
is an
i m p a r t a n lt o c a l i t y
(32E1Ci). Drove t o Lake V a l l e y arid
c o l l e c t e d from Hpache I-ii l 1. Un way to Hil l s b o r a
c o l l e c t e d h n d r e c i t c ? 3298) on Berendacreeknear
Bi 11
Nnnn ' s house.
a+
I
,
2 o f 4-1951
24-61 l e n a n d I d r o v e t o Ceci 1 B o y d ’ s h o u s e and col.lected f r o m %he
basal s a n d s t o n e o f t h e C a b a l l e i - o o n % h e n o r t h s l o p e o f
,khe
A p a c h e H i L l ak Lake V a l l e y .S p e n tn i g h t
a t I-fatcher Hotel.
t o L a k e V a l l e y .C o l l e c t e do nn o r t h
s l o p e of: h i l l C r a m
2 5 - . D r o v es o u t h
t h es a n d s t o n e so f
%he base o f t h e C a b a l l e r o . D r o v e v i a
Nut%,
Match a n d L a s Cruces 220 Alamogordo.
2h-Droveup
Dry C a n y o na n d
collected a t 3051 a n d lower n
i the
P e n n s y l v a n i a n near , t h eh i w a y , , Drove o n t h r o u g h C l o u d c r o f t
to
Rorjwell w h e r e we s p e n t the n i g h t .
27-Allen a n dB o w s h e rd r o v e
%o Pampa, Tx to s p e n d t h e n i g h t w i t h
Sallie
a n d Dal I as Bowsher
Pampa, Tx .to B a r t l e s v i l l e , Ok.
2 8 - D r o v ef r o m
29-DrOVe f r o m B a r t l e s v i l l e t o C o l l i n s v i l l e ,c o l l e c k i n gf r o mn e a r
Ramona a n d C o l l i n s v i l l e coal strip p i t s s p e n d i n g t h e n i g h t i n
T u 1 sa“
SO-Collected a l o n g the e x p o s u r e s o f t h e A v a n t
1i m e s t o n n n o r t h o f
the A r k a n s a sR i v e r .S p e n t
night n
i Bartlesville.
5 9 - A l l e na n dB o w s h e r
C I ~ W V east
~
toward H u l b e r t . , O k l a . t o c o l l e c t
f r o m M i s s i s s i p p i a n rocks. T o maybe locate lociate source o f
A l c i m o c r i n u E of: Ulrich t h a t came s o m e w h e r e a l o n g t h e
1902
C r i t t e n d e n t o l - l u l b e ~ - tt r a i l . T h e r e arm now new r o a d s a n d t h e
old
% r a i l i s l o s t . C o : l l t x t e db yU l r i c h
in a b u g g yy e a r ‘ s
ago.
.
August
a d d i t i o n a l time l o o k i n g f o r t h e
Alcimocrj,nus l o c a l i t y .D r o v e
the
n o r t h o n O k l a 10 t o see F e r . n v a l e Fm, B u r g e nS a n d s t o n e ,a n d
S t . Yoe a% E a g l e s Nest. S p e n tn i g h , ti nS e % i g m a n ,
Ma.
2-Drove %a R o a r i n gR i v e r State Park or1 A I - k . i12* U r o v e t o F l a t Creek
Vaalley i n Arura q u a d on Highway 44 t o e>:amintx , t h eR e e dS p r i n g s
S p r i n g s , Ark
Fm. S p e n t the n i g h t north ofReed
3-AftSer car t r o u b l e wen%. to B p r i n g C i e l d , Ma. S e a r c h e d f o r Lower
M i s s i s s i p p i a n ,N o r % h v i e w ,P i e r s o n ,a n d
Lowel- B u r l i n g t o n ,i n
Ma.
S o u t h e a s t 170. S p m Z :n i g h ti nI v l a n s v i : l l e ,
4 - E x a m i n i n ga n dc o l l e c k i n gf r o mN o r t h v i e wa n dP i r r s o ni nS E ,
Mo.
S p e n tt h en i g h ti nS p r i n g f i e l d ,
Ma.
5 - B i l l A l l e na n dB o w s h e r
dr-ove north f r o m S p r i n g f i e l d t o collect
f r o mt h eN o r t h v i e w
Fm. a n ds p e n tk n i g h t
i n Warsaw.
& - D r o v es o u k h
+ram Warsaw on US bS to lvlo 83 toward F a i l - f i e l d .
Fms~b w t w e e nI c o n i u ma n d
Oceola o n t h e
E x a m i n e dC h o u t e a u - S e d a l i r
Osage R i v e r .D r o v e
to H u n t - B u l l a r dq u a r r y
at Osceola. D r o v e t o
Sedalia f o r t h e n i g h t .
7-Visited q u a r r i e s i n the C h o t e a ul i m e s % o n e at C l i f t o n C i t y , N a s t i n s
B r i d g ea n dP l r n s a n tW e e n .S p e n tn i g h ti n
Sedalia.
8 - B o w s h e ra n dO l l e nd r o v e
east out, of Sedalia t u t h e S w e e n e yq u a r r y
to
collect ,From t h e Chateau :limes%one. D r o v e to Rolla, Mo. Visited
A % a n d W e a l t h yS p r e n y ,h e
is t e a c h i n g Ueneral Ueol and
P a l e o n % o l o g y a t Ma. S c h . M i n e s , Rolla.
9-Bowsher a n d A l l e n d r o v e t o C a s k l e w o o di n SE S t L o u i s t o e x a m i n e
RR cut. S p e n t
t h eB u s h b e r g , S e d a l i a ,Fern B l e na n dA u i - l i n g t o ni n
t h e n i g h t a% Waterloo, I l I . i n o i s ,
1 0 - B o w s h e r -a n dA l l e n
C ~ V C J V C east +rum Waterloo %o F l o r a v i l l a , 11%.
to f i n d a S h a e + . F e rq u a r r yi nM i s s i s s i p p i a n
r o c k s . C o u l dn o t
get
to i t i n t i m e a v a i l a b l e . V i s i t e d t h e . t y p e V a l m e y e r s e c t i u n
a%
I l - B o w s h e ra n dA l l e nd r o v ef r o mC h e s t e r
to K u m a to collect f : r o m t h e
t y p e s e c t i o n o f t h eC h e s % e r ,P a i n t
Creek Fm. D r o v ef r o m Ruma t o
Red Bud a n d t o Kasltaskia t o collect from t h eC h e s t e rh e r e , .T h e n
d r o v e t o B a l d w i n t o Campbell I-fill. S p e n t t h e n i g h t i n
Jonesboro,
U n i o n Co,, 111.
l-Spent
3
p y-”I
IZ-Rowsher and AX Len tjrove east f t w m JoneSbQro to M t Pleasant and
n o r t h to Lick Creek, I l l . to examine t h e K i n k a i d Fm. and other
Chester+%rata a+ the area" Spent t h e n i g h t i n Carmi, I l l .
13-Bowsherand
A l l e nd r o v e
.From Carmi, I 1 1 to I\lew
Halcmony,
Tnd.
to
m a r c h Tar ,the source ga+twapuds Norwand and P r a t t a n sp a p e r t h a t
for t h e iir9.k time d e s c r i b e d gastropods o.F t h e Pennsylvanian
r o c k s o f I\lol-th America. T h e y hadbeen
i n t h e o r i g i n a l "Mew
Harmony Socialist CommLtnity" o f Robert Owens,. E l a b r c J c i r t i y u H Saw
khc warehouse? i n which David Dale Owen had Ihousad t h e u r i g i n a l US
E+eolagical Survey c o l l e c t i o n s from t h e Survey o f t h e Ohio
'Territory.Droveeast
t u Croydon,Ind.
and v i s i t e d Guy Campbell
who had donated many 4 o s a i l s ,to t h e S m i t h s o n i mI n s t c r t i a n .D r o v e
,From Cruydan to V e r s i a l l e e ,I n d .
Tor night.
:14-K3ownher arwl A l l e nd r o v e
from V s r s i a l l e s ,I n d .
t o C i n c i n n a t i , Oh.
and Athens, Oh. t o sper~dt h e n i g h t . Spent t h e evening w i t h Myron
Sturgeon a t t h e GeologyBui1,dinc~ o f O h i a S k a t e U n i v e r s i t y . Myron
was working on gastrapads a n d X was h e 1 p i n g h i m %I.~ru
J B Knight.
13-Drtwe .From Athens, O h to Washington, D C
End o f t r i p
4 oc 4-1951
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ITINERARY C)F 1952
a&nl-Ic",
'ro
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MISSOURI . r E x w INEW IYEX ECO AND KENTUCKY
4 1. BOWSHER AND W T ALLEN
U S N A I I O h I A L MUSEUM
JULY
9-Flew from W a s h i n g t o n , D C to T'ul.sa. Cnopcw a n d A l l e n a i - r i v e d a t
0045. B o w s h e r , Cooper a n d A l l e n dr.ove n o r t h e a s t . f r o m Tulsa to
collect lVlerarncc and C h e s t e i - 4:ossil.s near A d ~ t i r , O l t h a .
Spent he
B i l l A l l e n and T t i l l
n i g h t at M u s c u g e e , 13k. C o o p e r e m a i n e dw i k h
26 J u l y Y.95.2.
ifJ-*Di-ave e a s t from Mutacogee tu cal l c c t Mayes 1 imastone, Meramec.
DiPave to Gl"een3eiaf L a k e south o f F t . G i b s u n t o c:ul lect Morrow,
Bren%wood Ls?, D r o v e t o Braggs Mtn to co3. l e c t fr-om F a y e t . t e v i l l e
Fm. G p e r r t n i g h t i n P l ~ t s c a ~ ~ e e .
f. $.-Drove frUfl1 I"lL\ScCJgWi+yUk ti3 C i , S c U , TN a
12-Cnl lected ,From P e r m i a n Pu,tnam, Moran
a n d to B a l l i n g e r I
and
Sweetwater, Tx w h e r e w e s p e n t t h e n i g h t , ,
13-Drove from Sweetwater,
to CarlSbad a n d on to P i nSe p r i n g s
just
b e l o w E l C a p i t a n .S e a r c h e dG e t a w a y
1 imestone 3 mi. s o u t h o f
P i n e Springs C;amp. 8pmnt n i g h t a t P i n e S p r i n g s Camp.
14-Drove tu P r . a t t ' s p l a c e n e a r I*lckIittrick C a n y a n .C o l , l e c t e d
400 lbs o f
r i a dl ei m
r m s t uwn ies ti hl i c i f i e d
fassilsI Retul-ned t o P i n e
Springs.
15-Drove S
W t o Paso.te>: P i p e l i n e road a n d c o l l e c t e d O e t a w a yL i m e s t o n e
(P. B. K i n g ' s l a c , PP 2 1 5 ) . Collected I2 b l o c k s o f
silicified
fossils. C u % l e c % e da% f o o t o f firwt r i d g e west o f t h e Hegler
Ranch Pirtery a n d B e l I Canyon.
SE s p ~ w of Lonesome R i d g e on ne s i d e o f
i b - D r o v e %.o 6:100 i:t e l e v .
B i gC a n y o n ,
C a r l + b a d quad. C C J l l f X t @ d b l a c k s from 50 y d s south o f
t h e @ r a y Ranch.
1 7 - * S h i p p e d 12W lbs o f blo(:I:sr
1E3-Druve from P i n eS p r i n g s 2:o near Pow Wnw T a n k s tu calleck H w l m s F m
(3356 3337)
:IY-Drcrvo east f r u m S a n t a riitc8 o n U S IEJO. Collcc%ed A n d r a c i t a Fm.
and Dwuniarr. S p e n t n i g h t i n S i l v e r C i t y .
20-Col I e c t e d The Box Member o f t h e Pel-cha on N W slope o f Bear M t n , 6
1 / 2 miles n o r t h o f S i l v e r C i t y .
from S i l v e r C i t y to Hillsburu, a r r t m g e d for roams i n Hatcher
21-Drove
Idatel
w e n t t o Cecil B n y d s 'to collect P e n n s y l v a n i a n gastropods.
22-Druve from H i 1 lsbnru to Clarence W
i l s o n ' sr a n c h
to col l e c t T h e
Box Mbr (31: t h e P e r c h a S h a l e and drove t o t h e lYud S p r i n g e Mtn
n u r t h o f blot S p r i n g e ,to colleck S l y Gap F:m. on s o u t h w e s t slopes.
23-Drove f r o m Hat Springs t o Alemagordo.
2 4 ~ - C o l l e c % e d Percha i n f i r s t c a n y o n soukh a+ I n d i a n Wells Canyon.
S p e n t p a r t a$ a + t e r n a u ng e , k t i n gp e r m i s s i o n
%a v i s i t R h o d e s Pass
area o f Sari Clndres Mtns. S p e n t n i g h t in Alamogardo.
2EXh"m
tu G r a p e v i nCea n y o n
i n south e naSdfa c r a m e n tM
o tns.
to
collect
silicifP
im
m dc r i n i t e f i
,and
C r y p t o c a n % h c Cram
D e s m u i n e s i a n strata. S p e n t t h e a f Z I m r n o awnr a p p i n g
and p a c k i n g
f o s s i Is.
26-Drove tu R h o d e s Pass a t t h e north e n d o f t h e San n n d r e s Mtns a n d
Gap Fm and P e n n s y l v a n i a n o r t h
s i d e 01: t h e pass
c o l l e c t e dS l y
Just: i n s i d e the pass a b o v e t h e old rowd t h r o u g h t h e c a n y o n . T o
t h e beet o f my recollection, 0 A C;onper was p l a c e d an p l a n e a t
binllamarl A i r Base for f l i . g h t tu W a s h i n g t a n , 13. C. B i l l A l l e n a n d
I r e t a i n e tdh e
museum truck a ncda n % i n u c d
col lecting as w e
c a n t j . n u e d c o l l e c t i n g on a ~ i rown.
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a n d Bawsher v i s i t e d San C l n d r eCsa n y o nS,a n
m i n e . Callccked O n a t eS, a n d s t o n e ,
A n d r e s Pltn n e a r t h e le&
Gap, u w e l y i n g sequence, and % h e C;aballcra Fms. Nite in
r h t r a , Flawer
27-Caaper
Sly
Alamayarda.
ZB-C:aaper,
DuCra, Flawer a n d BawrJher d r a v e t h r u Tularasa a n d west
a l a n g NM 5 2 t a l%le L i n e raad, 33 miles west a+ Tularasa. I n t o
Ash C a n y u nS, a n
Andres Ivltnsi. Russa *fell a n d 3[ a t a y c d wit.h him;
Caaper and Dutra measured a n d c:allected t h eD e v o n i a ns e q u e n c e .
N l g h t s p e n t i n Alamogarclcr. Russa l e f t f a r Saccaro.
29-Melaced i n Alamagarda, 1\1 M.
30-Canper, Uutra and Bawsher ca:llectcd Cram ,khe + i r k c a n y a an n
the
n a r t shi d e
a+ Rhade,s C a n y u n ,
Siin . A n d r e % Mt.ns. Mmasured a n d
cal lected t h e C3nates,l and S l y Gap
USNM :1054.
Octaber IY3h
i-Coaper,
D u t r u a n d Bawsher c c ~ l 1 ~ ~ c t +ram
e c l J o h n s o n P a r k C a n y a n aSI a n
A n d r e aM t n s .
,
Dutra a n d Bawsher cal :1 ect.ed f r o m CapiCal.. IF'cmk
Sari Andrw;
Mtns.
34Yi ssi ng P i cj C a n y a n , S a c r a m e n t a Mtns.
4-Missing I Arccnte Canyan
Sacramenta Mtns.
3-Caaper, D u t r a a n d Bawsher cal l e c t e d S l y Gap Fm. +ram t h ee a s t s i d e
a+ Al,wta Peak S a c r a m e n t a M a u n t a i n s .
h-Caaper,
Durka a n d Bowsher callected O n a % e / S l y Gap Fm. +ram Dag
C a n y a n ,S a c r a m e n t aM a u n t a i n s .
7-Cooper a n d Du'kra cmllected S l y Gap Fm. +ram Alama C h n y a n , Sacramenta
Mtns. Bowsher s p e n td a y i n Alamagarda.
E3-Caaper,
Dutra a n d Bawsher callccted S l y Gap Fm. Cram N i g g e r Ecl
Cooper .kaulc n a t e s at t h i s l o c a l i t y .
C:mtyan, S a c m s n t aM t n s .
7-Caaper, I)utra a n d Bawsher callected + r a m C a n u t i l l a Fm. i n
Vintan
C a n y a n ,F r a n k l i nM t n s .S p e n t
t h e n i g h t i n &lamagardo, N PI.
i0-Drave
+rant Ne\magarda t a Las &lamas,, Caaper, Dutra and Bawsher
spent s e v e r a l d a y s i n
the San%a Fe area w i t h a y a u n g man from Las
Alamas thak had b e e ns e n d i n gP e n n s y l v a n i a n
material t o Caaper a t
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Devonian section -152'' 8"
s1v Ga&,&rmation-66'
Total thickness of the.Devohian a t t h i s locality. is greater than any other
section measured 8aSt of t h e Rio Grande River i n New Mexico. There are
three possable divisions, definitely
two formations. In the opindbn of t h e
.writer the lower two a i v i s i a n s a r e middle Devonian, neither are represented
a t t h e type sect'ion of t h e . Sly Gap. f0rmation.A portion of o f t h e middle
division l e represented incompletely in the Sacramento Mountains,probalbby
throughout the Sacramento Bts. Correlation of e i t h e r of the two lower divisions w i t h the Canutillo is doubtful, as-the Cangtillo carrys a different -E
fauna indicating a brackish'water deposit w i t h plants and marine invertebrates
mixed~~lndisciminately.The Canutillo could possibly be a very.near shore
phase of the lower
two divisions.
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SE/&~'SE/4Sec. 34, T. 16 S., R 10 E.
a e r o County, New Mexico- National F o r e s t Map Location
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Total D8VOnian s e c t i o n - 89' 8''
S l y Gap formation- 57' lo"
Middle Devonian?
31' 10l'
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Thin b&;ied 2 % g Lgray limestone.
2" White mud colored. marl.
2' Thin beddedpearlgraylimestone.
12' Hard densegraylimestone.
1' Gray-shale
1' Hard,dense,
m a s limestone.
4&'Chocelate brovm sha.le
1't Grav-brown
S a n d s ,s i l t s t os hn aelse, . and. limestones,thin-bedded,nodular,
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Crfinoi'al
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"*la& s h a l e , w i t h i n t e r c a l a t e d ,s a n d s t o n e nOdUleS.
T n a r e o u s blacl<saytd.stone.Liorhgnchus?Soirifer?
3' Thinbeddedblackca.lcareoussandstone.
8" F i s s i l e , carbona.ceousblacksha.le.
3%' Thinbed:?edbltickcalcareous_saqdstone.
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LioWynchua?
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Thin bedded.. ,Tray sanc7y s h a l e .
20"
Gray sa.ndy ahale.Thick
bedd.ed.
2 ' -Slack-mav
nodular
shale.
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"7 16" Black-p.rav
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6 .and77 shale..
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1' Black-.-ra y s a n d s t o n e .f e r r u g i n o u si n c l u s i o n s .
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nodularsandyshale.
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fartheresteasternsection
S l y Gap beds. Fewer
measured.ltorea
shales present than in typical
f o s s i l s p r e s e n t , however a l l i n d i c a t i v e t y p e s s u c h
2.s k t r y p a ,
Kacacgeea, C y r t i n a ,P r h d u c t e l l a ,
and L e p t o s t m p h i a ,a r ep r e s e n t .
The black s h a l e a t t h e t o p of t h e s e c t i o n could posstkbly be
lower Percha.
Uississippian-Lake Valley-Black
t o g r a y t h i n bedd.ed s h a l e s g r a d i n g i n t o
a black-graydensesemi-lithographiclimestone.
(Lake V a l l e y f o s s i l s )
A l t e r n a t e d beds o f nodular g8la.y s i l t s t o n e s
and g r a y s h a l e s . C y r t i n a
sp.. found i n c e n t r a l
hcassive y e l l o w - b u f fs i l t s t o n e s .
Thinbedded, buff sil5stones.interca.lzted n o d u l e s i n u?mer 18".
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Light ,buff-p,ray sil'Sshales-thin bedded.
'I Dark-brown s i l 5 t o n e . buff colored fucoids abundant.
siltstones.
brbwn-buff
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C o v e r e d ,p r o b a b l ys h a l e s& / o rs i l t s t o n e s .
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f i s s e l m a nl i m e s t o n e -F a i r l yf o s s i l i f e r o u s .F a v o s i t e s ,g a s t r o p o d s ,b r a c h i o pods, and f e n e s t e l l o i db r y o z o a n p r e s e n t . Neafihers
rust red i n color,gra~rish-mhite i n unweathB*d p i e c e s .
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C. SeG. 11, T. 18 S., R. 10 E . - a e r o County
A t y p i c a l Sly Gap? T o t s l t h i c k n e s s 24' 2"
S i l l has probablyreplaced
some of t h e Devonianbed.s,asmetamorphism
i s i n d i c g t e d by +,he c o n t a c t s , w i t h t h e s i l l - d i k e .
or
Fauna n o t t y p i c a . 1 Sly Ca.p, hornever it i s d e f i n i t e l v n o t p e r c h a
C a n u t i l l o . , T h i s Devonian s e c t i o n i s probably Middle Devonian? as it
comparesfavoraballywiththelower
Dev. beds i n Alamo Canyon, and i n
t h e SanAndres Canyon, SanAndres Mts. S l y Gap missing.
Location t a k e n from Forest
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Lake Valley( Ca.bellero) Phosphate- zone.&
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AtrLva p r e s e n t .
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Black s i l i c e o u s limestone-Fusse1ma.n
limestone.
Nigger Ed Canyon-SacramentoEountains
C E/2 N??f/4 Sec. 18, T. 19 S., R 11 E.
Sectionmessured~ 1/P, mile -outh of t h e mouth o f B i g g e r
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These beds resemble t h e more t y p i c a l S l y Gap formation members, c a r r y s
a meagre S l y Gap fauna, and s h o u l d t h e r e f o r e be c o r r e l a t e d as S l y Gap.
20" Semi-n0d.ula.r
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30" Black f i s s i l ec n r b o m - e o u ss h a . l e .
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18" iulassive buff
siltstone.
2 ' S o f tb u f fs i l t s t o n e .
20" ?,:assive buff s i l t s t o n e .
4 'S o f t
buff s i l t s t o n e . '
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Cyrt ina, ,crinoid st ems. Faun
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on t h e n o r t h s i d e
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AndresMountains,
Camp Canyon)
DonaAnna County
New Mexico.
Sly Gan format ion-66 '
Devonian s e c t i o n -152' 8"
T o t a l t h i c k n e s s of t h e . D e v o n i G a t t h i s l o c a l i t y is g r e a t e r t h a n any o t h e r
i n New Mexico. There are
s e c t i o n measured uast of t h e Rio Grande River
the
threeposstlbledivisions,definitely
twoformations.Intheopinhbnof
w r i t e r the lower two a i v i s i o n s a r e m i d d l e Devonian, n e i t h e r a r e r e p r e s e n t e d
a t t h e t y p e s e c t i o n of t h e - S l y Gap formati0n.A p o r t i o n of of t h e middle
d i v i s i o n i s representedincompletelyintheSacramentoMountains,
probabBy
throughouttheSacramento
Ets. Correlation of either of the
twolowerdiva d i f f e r e n t %am
i s i o n s with t h e Canutillo is doubtful, as'the Canptillo carrys
Eauna i n d i c a t i n g a b r a c k i s h ' w a t e r d e p o s i t w i t h p l a n t s
and marine invertebrates
mixed i n d i s c i m i n a t e l y . The C a n u t i l l o c o u l d p o s s i b l y
be a very near shore
phase of the lower two divisions.
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u i r e c t i o n s f o r reaching chloride "lat
Leave Silver City going west on U.
Highway 260 marked C l i f f , Glemood,
and Mogollon.
After leaving the city
limit sign go f 1/4 mile to thetbp of the
hill.
north,
right,
thru
gate,
where sign says
Caution
Trucks
enter,
into
"0 1.2 miles.norkhpast
a house on the .est side of t h e v a l l e y and the
Ghloride'lat.
road.
Large dump on the east. ( i r c l e to t h el e f t of t h i s dump-1940).
Qfmtinue
north t o t h e gnd of the road.
Geed
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Road l o g from Santa ni%a .to*%gston v i a l S t a i e highway 180.
0.0-Hotel Martinez on t h e n o r t h e e t edge'of Santa n i t s .
3.6-ti8nOVer-LOWer Dlae limeetone-LakeValley
correlative.
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9 . 6 ~ i d e'ro8d to' Beming-Smth;
16.7-r;ntey the Gila bfational Forest.
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27.0-Summit of fimory Pass.
2 9 . 4 - ~ i c t t ~ r eof
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36.6-beave GilaNat'l.-orest.,
37.l-ROad f o r k s and goes up North -&?haCreek.Scarp
madwby the Lake Valley
Is. a n d beds of uagdalenS'.cross the road.
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Entwhistle's directims4.5 miles east Of theSmtaAitaPostOffice.fiight
f o o a cut in the nodular
1imeyPerchashale.
On top Of t h e h i l l i s a side road tothe righ, south, and
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From s i l v e r " i t y h o s p i t a l c : m t i n u e t o $own pearly three blocks un 1 2 t h st.
On t h e r i g h t s i 4 e of the road i s .t'ennington* s wh>lesale tirocery(on S. a. c o r n a ) .
F i l l i b g s t s t i o n and t o u r i s t camp on the N. A. corner.?urnright
on Alabama
s t r e e t and over narrow bridge.Continue
-vest u n t i l t h e s t r e e t
narrows, where
Mt.Lodge sign. (Bear ut. Lodge s i g n
turn right and continue north past the Bear
i s 3.0 miles beyond o r from t h e i n t e r s e c t i o n of Alabama and A t l a n t i c s t r e e t s . )
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hen north an?west over thedivide (6.9 miles f r o m the above i n t e r s e c t i m ) sDuth
of Bear Mt.
On thenorthwestside
o f Bear Nt. i s a l i t t l e park, 8.5 miles from
theabove intersection, on the w e s t side o f the r o a d and thebare bluff of Percha
is t o be seen 200 yards t o .the right, east.Parkinthe
road s i d e park.
Two
and s i x tenths miles from t h e i n t e r s e c t i o n above i s a good outcrop of f o s s i l i f e r o u s
You w i l l e n t e r tile Gilamatl.forest
4.5
Percha on t h e e a s t s i d e of the canyon.
miles a%ove the said intersection.
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For rercha breccia-lio throdgh S i l v e r C i t y s m t h past the Court House on the
Lordsburg road(paved-riigiIwa.y 180).
Stop a t the u i t y Limist.
Go up the
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h i l l tothe w e s t 200 feet.
BearEountain-Northwestside.
See S i l v e r C i t y Folio. CE l i n e o f t h e SE/4 NE/4 o f See. 10,T. 17 S.,R
T o t a lP e r c h as h a l e
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321' 8"
Upper Percha- 89' 8I'
Lower Percha
20'
232'
Crinoida1,dove gray limestone, w i t h t h i n i n t e r b e d s of of c a l c a r e o u s
yellowandgrayshales.Pred.ominatelylimestone.
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6" C r i n o i d a l massive gray limestone.
10" Likebelow,massivelybedded.
18" C r i n o j d a l ,c a l c a r e o u s grav shale.Thinbedded.
5' Calcareou&grayshale.
S.whitn~i,S~rrin~;PB~SraGprima.
7' Crinoidallimestone,massive
with thinbedding.
9' Semi & nodularlimestone.
9 " Gray massivelimestone.
29'
gray s h a l e ( c a l c a r e o u s )
?J%dOminant.
Semi-nodu-?~arshalylimestone.-Crinotdal.
16'I Uassive gra.y limestone.
a l l Perchafauna.
39; Semi-nodular,shaly.gravlimestone-carrys
Few 90s-ils. C. e n d l i c h i . c. ContraCta*
3 Ltassivesemi-nodularlimestone.
22 1 hlassivenodulargraylimestone.
Semi nodular and. nodular. IEOre f O S s i l i f e r @
C. e n d l i c h i , S. a u s t r a l i s ,
Other f o s s i l s
t o w a r dt h et o p ,e s p e c i a l l y
found a r eP r o d u c t e l l a , k t h y r i s , crinoidstems,Dalmnnella,andzaphrentoid
corals.
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of b l a c k f i s s i l e s h a l e
interbed3~ed. Tending t o be more massivetoward t o p . C . e n d l i c h i . S . s t r i a t u 1 ~
18" Nassive gray lime stone.
2' Semi-nodulargrayshale.Puffnaxandcrinoidstems.
518 E limestone. C. e n d l i c h i , Branax. & Schizophoria.
5' Nodularshale.blue
m a y nodules composed oflimestone.
' ark. blue-grayshale.
OhPckibedded.
55' O l i v e- g r e e ns h a l e ,f i s s i l e .t h i nb e d d i n g .
125' Black f i s s i l e .c a r b o n a c e o u ss h a l e .
10' Gray s i l t s t o n e & shale,ineerbedded t h i n l y .
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Red s h a l e w i t h l i m e s t o n e n o d u l e s , h i g h l y f o s ? i l i f e r o u s ;
i n upper 25 f e e t C a m a r o t o e c h i a e n d l i c h i and
S c h i z o p h o r i as t r i a t u l av a r a. u s t r a l i s
common, r a r e l y
more
foundbelow t h e u p p e r 25 f e e t . S p i r i f e r w h i t n e y i
common i n the
lower
part, t h a n i n t huep p e r
25 f e e t .
P r o d u c t eulsl au a l l y
found w i t h S. whitneyi.
Gray massive
limestone,
zaphrentoid
corals.
abundant.
70 f e e t
3 feet
Red f i s s i l e U m y 5 2 s h a l e a n d f i s s i l e s h a l e w i t h l e n s e s
No f o s s i l s found i n t h e s e
ofreddishsandylimestone.
120 f e e t
beds.
Gray t o b l a c k f i s s i l e s h a l e
carbona.ceousshale.Occasional
b a l l s o f hematiterrhichhasresulted.
from t h e o x i d a t i n n
in the
ofpyrite.Often
afew p y r i t e c r y s t a l s a r e f o u n d
c e n t e r of t h e b a l l .
2.40 f e e t
4
S i l l of diorite porphyry
28 f e e t
Gray t o baack f i s s i l e s h a l e , c a r b o n a c e o u s .
92 f e e t
\Breccia
o f hBrnstonized.shalecemented
by l a t e r c h a l c e d o n i c
nvartz.Shalecolouredredduetooxidationofthefer r o u s i r o n t o f e r r i c i r o n by m i n e r a l i z i n g s o l u t i o n s .
B r e c c i af o u n di ns t r o n g l yf a u l t e da n dm i n e r a l i z e d
area$
Probably
only.
localized
by f a u l t i n g .
3feet
Note: Red c o l o u r i n upper beds d.ue t o o x i d a t i o n of f e r r o u s i r o n o f
unaltered beds to ferric iron.
A Fradation i s found from t h e $%a$ t o
b&acF: t o t h e red beds. An a n a l y s i s of the upper beds
would probably
show them t o be s h a l y limestone w i t h t h e s h a l e c o n t e n t i n c r e a s i n g
down
t h es e c t i o n .
To t h e s o u t h of Silver City the upper beds have been cut out
by
t h e S i l v e r C i t y stock.
S i l v e ro r eh a s
beenfound i n t h e Percha. shaleimmediately a b v e
t h e Fusselmandolomite,wheresheets
o f .&%i.ve s i l v e r have been deposited
i s also found i n h a i r - l i k e
i nt h e1 a m i n a t . i o n s o f t h es h a l e .P e a r c e S t e
v e i n s .P e a r c e i t nu s u a l l y
shows s i g n s o f s u p e r g e n e a l t e r a t i o n ; t h e m i n e r a l
breaks down Bo<:argentite and covellite.
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NE o f John Helm Ranch. West Well on road
m i . aboveupper o u t l e t of Ganyon,Hueao
t o S i e r r e kZta 1%
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Magdal em 300' -400'
Morrow
150'-200'
Helms Gr. containing swe
.Themost
fama as i n Beede's t y p e l o c a l i t y .
fbssiliferous layer
i s about 15 o r 20' below a aassive Is. t h a t
contains the n a i n frruna of the Morrow.
Colleation from t h i s l o o a l i t y
included 2 crinoids, 2 t r i l o b i t e s , 20-30 Archiaides, 1 b l a s t o i d (penIw
tre$ite) and an abundance o f bryozoans.
Fore1 la, Wyo
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July 10, 1928
1 5 Top 1s. n e a r s t a t i o n c o n t a i n s
50 Red sh. ard
a few gastropods and peleaypods.
6s.
20' Ls. p i n k i s h v e r y c r y s t a l l i n e
Top f o o t c o n t a i n s w n y n a u t i l o i d s
and gastropod8
30' SS red
20' Ls. pinkish
15' SS red
20' SS Xbedded
30
- light red
to w h i t e
SS red
1 5 Es. w h i t e t o gray,Productus
Cora, S p i r i f e r t r i p l i c a t u s ,
Meekella, S p i r i f e r rockymontanus, Fusulina seculica
150 SS and sh. red fine grained
100-150 covered
6s.
Derbya sp.
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South end of Casper Mt.,
Wyo.
covered
5 gray sh.
10' red sh.
10' r e d ss.
25 red s b l e
5 white to r e d
66.
and 1s.
20' shale red
10 Is. w h i t e
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pink interbedded with red shale
40 shale and t h i n red
88.
shale red
Madison,
South of Glenrock, Ryom.
Box Elder Canyon
10' white Is.
25' slope covered apparently
sane as below
30' white ss. oross-bedded
10' white Is.
50-60'
slopecovered
35' wh. ss.
8% covered
5' cherty Is. (mostly chert c o n t a i n i n g f o s s i l s P r o d u c t u s s m i r e t i c u l a r i s ,
Spirifer triplicatis, Idorganifera)
40' white 8s. top grading into
20' covered.
15' red ss. fine-grained
25' covered
20' red ss. fine-grained
1s. and cherty 1s. above, crinoid sttans at top.
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10’ covered
15’ pink 1s. massive
20’ red
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pink fine-grained
ss. thin-beddedexcept
5’ a t t o p
40 covered slope
Madison
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18 miles north of Rollow’s t o R o l l e r s , Wyo.
40’ Conglomerate Eakota
320’ vanaeated shales of Morrison
1 2 wh. ss. Basal Morrison
5’ green sh.
5’ 1s. osterau, camponectes .belemnites.
20’ whiCe
ES.
and greenish gray sh. interbedded.
80’ gray sh. greenish
5’ white SS.
60’ shale gray, greenish
0
wh. sa. bottom o f Sundanca
23 white sh., grayish interbedded
48’ Red
6s. and sh.
8 Ls. thin-bedded, r i p p l e marked
10 Pink 8 s 1-2bed
8’Red
t h i n bed ss.
50’ white thin-bedded
10 Red 8s.
270’ Red shale
SS.
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95' White
with 20' gray sh. i n middle
86.
sh.
25' Red
4' Red 8s.
15' Red sh.
20'Red
SS.
and
sh. interbedded
10' Greuny 8s.
12 Alcova 1s.
15 Red
sh.
120 Red 8s. some red sh, interbedded
10 Red shale
15' Red ss.
25' Shale and 8s. interbedded rad
3' Red t o l i g h t brawn sS.
.
-401 Red sh.
1' Red 6s.
sh.
50' Red
1' Red ss.
92' Red sh.
1' Red
56.
5' Red sh.
2' Red 8s.
10 Xed sh.
2 Red oal.
40' Red
sh.
1' Red sh.
50Red
sh.
8s. small Id e (:mod
casts
1 Red 8s.
1 2 Red sh.
2 Red ss.
15 Red sh.
1: Red 8s.
6' Red sh.
1 ts. white fine gr.
60 Sh. b r i g h t red
15 Purple Is. gray i n places asp MIrial
50 Red sh.
3
' Ls, gray thin-bedded
2 Brown shale
- gray sh.
2' Brown 1s. thin-bedded
20 Brown-red shale
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Middle Fork Powder
Barnum, %o.
30' White ss.
3 Sh.
2' Shale and brom
88.
2' Ls. fossils largely pelcy.
Upper X bed
25 Ss, lower f o s s i l s
8'
green sh.
2 ss and
150 Gr.
00%.
large Ostrea
sh. BelemnitesOstrer
20 White s s. f ine-grained
13' Gray sh. Belemnites OStrett
2' White SS.
25'Gray
sh. 1s at top
3' Ss. gray Fentacrinus
90' Gray sh.
5' 'ffhite 8s. known as Sundance
40 Red sh.and
grp.
Lower part bright red non-resistant
600-700 T r i a s s i c
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20' s k l e Upper
- poorly res%tant 3s yellowish not
AlcOva about 250'
6' Thin bed Is.
25'Sh.
yellow col. with iron
136' X bed
SS.
Tensleep
1 gray 1s.
2 Red sh.
1 Blue-gmy IS.
2 Red sh.
1' purple 1s.
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62' Red Amsda she
320 Madison Is.
from top.
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20
S. of Ellis Ranoh onSweetwater
Fort Collins
Tertiary
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10t Park City
70 Tensleep
80' Madison c h a r t and 1s.
10' Red sandy shale
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ZOO+ Bighorn dolomite
8' Sandstone
80' Gallatin 1s. c o n t a i n i n g t r i l o b i t e s and Eorthis desmopleura
100' Deadwood
88.
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2 miles covered
granite
O i l Field
Waverly
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fossils
Scaphalis and pelecypods
abundant;
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We11ingham
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4 Mi.
N. end of O i l f i e l d
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Fort C o l l i n s
Colo
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A t locality indicated
26
m.i NE. of Fort C o l l i n s ,
Colo.,
the Fox Hills
is very fossiliferous.
The pelecypods a r e i n lower w h i t e sandstone while tb gastropods, shark
teeth, Ostrea,
and sea weeds are found i n a brown concretionary sandy lime-
stone a t t h e b a s e
weather out
ofwhitesandstone.
The fossiLs are very
hbundantand
i n a f a i r s t a t e of preservation.
Ingle side, Colo.
A t Stout there
is one t h i n l i m e s t o n e i n t h e
A t Ingleside there are three
upperFountain.
Is. the upper two t h i c k
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15-20'
the
lower about 5-10'.
The lower 1s. is v e r y f o s s i l i f e r o u s e s p e c i a l l y a t t h e
top.
The b e s t
c o l l e c t i n g a t 1.2 m i . south of a l e s i d e .
A t (hAl Canyon t h e middle Is. contains many derbya an$ composites.
The upperlimestonecontains
or five miles south
the lowest being the
Lophyllum proferendum,Productus
of Co1o.-Wyo.
same a s
t h i c k , have some f o s s i l s .
Cold.-Wyo.
a t Ingleside.
7 limestones.
Canyon, hereagainthelowest
an t h e F o r t C o l l i n s
These limes vary from 10-30'
-
L a r m i e Road
and over t h e
These a r e w e l l exposed i n Haygood
Is i s the nost fossiliferous.
of t h i s l i n e has changedbeingveryhard.
of m n y c r i n o i d stmans.
Four
line a t Box Elder Canyon a r e f i v e Is.,
Three o r f o u r m i l e s f a r t h e r n o r t h
line there are
Cora.
The character
About t h e same fauna with addition
- north and west of Ingleside, the
Is. do n o t i n c r e a s e i n number and the arkose a t bottom of them continues
t o be thick, while
it t h i n s t o t h e e a s t and north.
2 m i , south of Grapevine Canyon, 35 mi. S. of Alamogordo, X. MeX.
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June 23, . 1928
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300' mpssive gray Is., thin shales interbedded crinoid
stems, Echinocrinus
gastropods,Pustula,Gonospirabellerophon
15 Is. t h i n yellow
20 sh. red to yellow
250 Gyp.
3' Is. blue weathers brown
100' abo. red sh. & 5s. w i t h t h r e e 2-3' beds o f y e l l o ~ s hls.-fomd
75' gray to
b w n Is. and sh. t h i n bed Is.
30' yellow Is. t h i n bed
20 gray l a .
10 yellow 1s.
80' grayblue
1s. shaleinterbedded
20' t h i n lime, and 'sh. interbedded bryozoa gastropod COmpOSiteS
8' b l u i s h 1s. gastropods abundanC, EchinocrinusProductus
2 brown 1s.
5' shale
20'
1s. and s k l e
-
Is. blue.
Faul t
15' gray Is. massive
110
fossils.
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5
4
2' Is. gray
Foul t
.j L 5' Is grpy
1
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38 gray sh.
2' Is. brown c r i n o i d stems
6' 1s. m s s i v e g&ysandstone
2"
10' shale and t h i n 6s.-
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shalegreen
10' massive 1s. gray weathers brown west of ranch house.
50' above crinoid layer.
Allorismatermuilo,about
Grapevine Canyon, ,Lee Ranch
Alamogordo, N.
36.
In Grapevine Canyon t h e Abo, if present, consists
sand and shales
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very l i t t l e red present
La LueCanyon,
N. M.
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- about 20'
of limestone,
thin
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red shale i n places.
L ~ e or r Middle Magdal em
41 1s. m s s i v e
13' Is. and sh., 1s. gray, fossii fragments, bellerophon echinocrinus
fusulina, Spirifer triplicata, Productus
13 ch. and sand sh.
8 IS. f o s s i l i f e r o u s
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sh. m d 1s. interbedded,gastropodsbellerophon
11 B h a b
6 Is. mssive
4 IS. andsh.
crinoid stems productus enteletes
[Enteletes bedConglomeratic 2' a t top, thinning to south
4 ft. of gyp. interbedded w i t h thin very fossiliferous 1s.
Col. made Enteletes.
The conglomerates t h i c k e n a n d a r e more numerous t o t h e north.]*
*Position uncertain
- I think goes here.
J&%
35 sh. t h i n ss beds and 1s. beds Gyp. a t top
5 1s. f o s s i l i f e r o u s
8 sh.and
- 001. made
thin limes pelecypods
5 Is. massive
1 2 sh. m d t h i n Is.
6' Is. nassive
35 Is. and sh. poorly exposed, gray limestone on top
10' Is. t h i n bedded Echinoids pustula
25' Is. sh. and
8s.
neb.
cong. c h e r t
1 4 Is. hard gray massive large bellerophons
4' sh.
5 IS. from bellerophon o r i n a l stems
- adny fragments
8 sh.
5 la.
50 Is. intorbedded w i t h -sh.
5 massive 1s.
20' gray-blue sh.,
s h a l es a d y
1 5 t h i n beddy blue 1s. and sh.
20
SS.
coarse, some cong.,
some f i n e gr. thinbedded
2 Cong. uneven surfaces
6' sh. t h i n sandy 1s. fUSulin8
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a.bout every 5 o r 6'
Blamogordo, N. M.
Seotion N. La-Kuz Canyon 1 mi.?
Red sh. aad
8
SS.
7 15 Is. fusulina and crinoid stems
6 20' skale
5 15 Fusulina lime interbedded gyp.
4 40 sh.
Is. and ss. b l u e f o s s i l i f e r o u s
3 15' blue sh. ard Is.
2 8'
Cong. ahert Is. quartz
1 60-70 F e l s i t e
10' Is.
50' black shale p e t r i f i e d wood.
Kagdalena Upper p o r t i o n
La-Luz Canyon 3 m i . E. of La Luz
Bottom of Ab0 sec.
40' Is. and sh, (4x sh. a s Is.) Top Is.
4' massive Or.
Is.
19 12' sandy sh. m d 8s.
18 1 2 18. f u s u l i n a m k i n g up t h e mostof
1s.
17 70' lower red sh. 15' gray sh. and Is. nodules,
upper to red shale p d i n g t o SS.
16 12' Is. base very full of fusulina
upper portion massive
1 5 1 2 s h i a&
58.
14 3' Cong. o h e r t Is.,
Jasper
13 20' shale and 6s.
12
3' 1s crinoidstemsabundant
6s.
lenses, fusulina 1s.
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11 18 sa and sandy
sh.
10 3' as. green
9
31-1'
ls.
Conglomerate chertand
8 37' sh.sandylenses,sandy
Is.
5 Is graymassive
7
6 6' sandyshalegray
3' 1s. massivebaseirregular
5
Rhombopora
4 Fusulinr
3 10' sh. sanfy
2 6r 1s. (Fusulina) massive
- gray t o brown
1 11 shale
Limestone c m s s i n g Creek
200 Gyp
1501 Red 8s. and sh.
40 Felsite stained yellow massive
1' Gray shale
31
Sh. bleolc O O X . , gray SS.,
9 - 1 0 i n diam. i n shale
35'red
conglomerate a t top
sh. and ss.
2 9 red SS. cong.,
largely chert
50s red sh. and bmwnish red
15' red sh.,
8s.
red 8s.
15 gyp. sand, sh.
8' q u a r t z i t e cong.
50-758 red shales containing thin
Fault
'
4 gray to green SS. ccarse
bed gray
5s.
and lenses of
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10' Gyp. and
sh. yellow brown ss.,
Is. l e n s e s
20 Gyp. red SS. purple Is. nodules
15' Cong. c h e r t , J a s p e r
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and 1s.
bottom very irregular
12' Gyp.
2' SS. coarse, cong. smallchertpebbles
5' Gyp and Is.
1' 1s. i r r e g . b a s e
6" Gyp.
9'
8s.
coarse,massivegray
2' Is. sandy
12' Gyp. ,and sh. LiA conc. containing fossils
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S e c t i o n from Cong. i n La Luz Canyon 1% m i . E. of
La Lus, N. X. 8 Mi, X. E. of Alamogordo
41, 1% 1s.
40 27 gray and red shale,
39
2' SS. oong.
8s. l e n s e s
mall pebbles
38 25' Gyp. and red sh.
37
2' COX.
36 5'
Gyp.
Is. andchertand
8s.
Jasper
35 6' Ggng. m o s t l y c h e r t a n d 8s.
34 18' Gyp.
33 14' l a . massire
32
- no f o s s i l s s e e n
5' Gyp.
31 30' shale, some t h i n &a, f o s s i l i f e r o u s
30 10': 1s. thin, f o s s i l i f e r o u s
shale b l a c k
if
29 40' Shale v e r y f o s s derous
-
h a l f sh. and Is.,
i n middle
fossilifero~s
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b
.
shale and Is. some thin 8s.
28 15' Gr.
27
5' Gyp.
26
6" Red sh.
25 5-8'
conglomerate
24 3' Gyp.
23 15' Cong. chert, la.
22. 1 9 is.
21
4' 'Gyp.
20
12 Cow. rounded pebbles of c h e r t Is. Jasper
19 40 Gyp.
18 2' ss chertpebbles
and yellow sh.
17 32'Gyp.
16 11 Is. b l w hard
15 8
Gyp.
14 4' ss conglomerate Is. and chert pebbles
-
part breccia
13 1' Is.
1 2 25' sh.
11 5 5s.
gm a t
- cong.
top and intervals
at top
- 1s.. chert Jasper pebbles
10 12' Gypsum ard sh.
9 -2'Conglomerateand
breccia, much c h e r t and IS.
8 35'
Gypsum
7 19 1s. black t o blue a t top, lower thin-bedded,
6 30-40' sh.
5 3-41
upper massive COnglOmerateinmiZdl
10' base brown-blaok at top, calciferous grading into black
Conglomerate c h e r t and Is. abundant
8s.
brown
4 3' 'sh. bipwn, concretionsgypsiferous
Cora, Phymatiferpronodosus,etc.
3 3' IS. blue,Productus
2
6" black shale
1 1' Is. pebble cong. i n sh., pebbleswell-rounded.
Black t o brown sh. Pmb. top
of Magdaleaa containing coal*
1s. a t top.
Figure 2
Index map to locations of bioherms in Mississippian strata in
the northern part of the Sacramento mountains, New, Mexico. The
finely stippled portions represent the exposures of Pre+Mississippian
rocks, the white portions represent the exposures ofMississippian
rocks, the horizontally ruled portions represent the exposures of
post-Mississippianrocks, . and the coarsely stippled portion repre'
sents the coalescing alluvial fans and valley alluvium at the western
. foot of the mountains. The center of the area covered by this, map
lies approximately 3 miles. east of Alamogordo, Otero County, New
Mexico.
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