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*Memoir 42-Geology and mineral resources of
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L. A. Woodward,, 7986, M pp., 1 map, scal-e
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This is a final, comprehensivereport on a geologic mapping project by the author and his students begun in 7970 and completed in 1980.
Twelve previously published 7 1lz-minquadrangles are the primary sourcesof information for
the rock descriptions, structural interpretations,
and mineral and energy resources evaluations
published in this volume, as well as for a generalized bedrock geologic map with structure
sections.
*Geologic Map S7--Geology of east half of Las
Cruces and northeast El Paso 1' x 2' sheets,
New Mexico, by W. R. Seager,J. W. Hawley,
F. E. Kottlowski, and S. A. Kelley, 1987,5 sheets
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translucent Bouguer anomaly map overlay on
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northern portion of the El Paso 1' x 2" quadrangle. It is precededby GM-53, Geologyof northu)estpart of Ins Cruces1" x 2' sheet,New Mexico,
published in 1982. The third and final map in
the series,GM-60, Geologyof southwestquarierof
las Crucesand northwestEl Paso1' x 2" sheets,
New Mexico,will be published in the future.
*Bulletin 98-Geology of the Fort Sumner sheet,
New Mexico, by V. C. Ketley, 7972, 55 pp., I
map, reprinted 1987.
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Groroctc eUADRANcLE MAP
GQ-1596-Geologic map of the Crownpoint
quadrangle, McKinley County, New Mexico, by
J. F. Robertson, !987, scale1.:24,000.
bv M. N. Machette. S. F. Personius. C. M. Conselman,F.8., 1987,Upper Permian (GuadaM".tges, and P. A. Pearthree,1986,lat. about
lupian) facies and their associationwith hydro31"30'to 33", long. 108'to 110', scale1:250,000. carbons-Permian Basin, west Texas and New
MF-$a3-D-Geochemical map of the Chama River
Mexico-discussion: American Association of
PetroleumGeologistsBulletin, v.7L, no.2, pp.
CanyonWildemessand contiguousroadlessarea,
Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, by J. L. Ridg224-225.
ley,1986,two sheets,lat. 36"10'to 36'35', long. Cordell, Lindrith, Long, C. L., and fones, D. W.,
106'30'to 106"55',scale1:48,000.
1985, Geophysical expression of the batholith
MF-l9o9-Geologic map of the Wall Lake quadbeneath Questa caldera, New Mexico; in Special
rangle, Catron County, New Mexico, by D. H.
section on Long Valley caldera, Califomia: JourRichter, T. L. Eggleston, and W. A. Duffield,
nal of Geophysical Research,v. 90, no. 13, pp.
1985, lat. 33'15' to 33'22'30', long. 108' to
77,253-11,269.
108"07'30', scale 1:24,000.
Flanagan,K. M., Lillegraven,f. A. (eds.), 1986,
Vertebrates, Phylogeny, and Philosophy: Universify of Wyoming, Contributions to Geology,
MtscrllaNrous
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SERIES
SpecialPaper 3, pp. 55-85, 183-196,797-220.
I-1310-F-Maps showing mineral resource as1985,Late Cenozoic
sessmentof the Silver City 1' x 2'quadrangle, Gustavson,T. C., Finley,R. J.,
geomorphic evolution of the Texas Panhandle
New Mexico and Arizona, by D H. Richter,
and northeastern New Mexico---casestudies of
W. N. Sharp, K. C. Watts, G. L. Raines,B. B.
structural controls on regional drainage develHouser, D. P. Klein, 1986,Lat.32'to 33' , long.
opment: University of Texas, Bureau of Eco108"to 110', scale1:1,150,000.
nomic Geology, 42 pp.
I-l575-Geologic map and crosssection of the SaHagstrum,
J. T., and fohnson, C. M., 1986,A
pello River area, Sangre de Cristo Mountains,
paleomagnetic and stable isotope study of the
Mora and San Miguel Counties, New Mexico,
pluton at Rio Hondo near Questa, New Mexby E. H. Baltzand J. M. O'Neill, 1986,[at.35'45'
ico-implications for CRM related to hydroto 35"52'30"
long.
105"12'30"
105'32'30",
to
scale
,
thermal alteration: Earth and Planetary Science
l:24,000.
Letters, v. 78, nos. 2-j, pp.296-374.
I-l59F-Geologic map of El Malpais lava field and
surrounding areas,Cibola County, New Mexico, Hagstrum, f. T., and Lipman, P. W., 1986,Paleomagnetism of the structurally deformed Latir
by C. H. Maxwell, 19fl5,lat.34"37'30'to35"07'30',
volcanic field, northem New Mexico--relations
long. 107%5'to 108'15',scale1:62,500.
to formation of the Questa caldera and develI-1586-Geologic map of the northern part of the
opment of the Rio Grande rift: Journal of GeoAnimas Mountains, Hidalgo County, New MexphysicalResearch,v. 91, no. 7, pp.73$-7a02.
ico, by Harald Drewes, L986, Lat. 31'48'31" to
31'55'30",long. 108'37'30"to about 108'45',scale Long, C. L., 1985,Regionalaudiomagnetotelluric
study of the Questa caldera, New Mexico; lr
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Specialsection on Long Valley caldera, California: Journal of Geophysical Research,v. 90, no.
Warrn-nnsouRcEs TNvESTIGATIoNS
1,3,pp. 77,270-1r,274.
WRl-84-4353-Three-dimensional model simu- Potter, D. B., Oberthal, C. M., 1987, Vent sites and
lation of steady-stateground-water flow in the
flow directions of the Otowi ash flows (lower
Albuquerque-BelenBasin,New Mefco, by I. V.
BandelierTuff), New Mexico: GeologicalSociety
Kernodle and W. B. Scott, 1986,58 pp.
of America Bulletin, v. 98, pp. 66-76.
WRl-85-4251-Geohydrology of the aquifers that Reeves,C. C., Jr., Temple,I. M., 1986,Permian
may be affectedby the surfacemining of coal in
salt dissolution, alkaline lake basins, and nuclearthe Fruitland Formation in the San Juan Basin,
waste storage, southem High Plains, Texasand
northwestern New Mexico, by R. G. Myers and
New Mexico: Geology, v. 14, pp.939-942.
E. D. Villanueva, 1986,47 pp.
Wilson, Brian, 1986,Water use in New Mexico in
WRl-8G4lM-Techniques for estimating flood1985:New Mexico State Engineer Office, Techflow frequency for unregulated streamsin New
nical Report 44, U pp.
Mexico, by S. D. Waltemeyer, 1986.
Zech, R. S., Huffman, A. C., lr., and Northrup,
D. R., 1985,Seismic techniques in uranium exWarrn-suppr,y pApER
ploration, San Juan Basin, New Mexico; in Gries,
R. R., et al. (eds.), Seismicexploration of the
W-2300-National water summarv 1985-hvdroRocky Mountain region: Rocky Mountain Geologic events and surface-water iesources, comlogical Association, 1985, pp. 1,57-164.
piled by D. W. Moody, E. B. Chase, and D. A.
Aronson, 1986,506pp.
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HA-55!!-Description and generalized dishibution of aquifer materials in the alluvial basins of
Arizona and adjacent parts of Califomia and 0therpublications
New Mexico, by G. W Freethey, D. R. Pool, T. Bebout,D. G., and Meador
K. 1., 1986,Regional
W. Anderson, and Patrick Tucci, 1986,4 sheets,
cross sections-Cenhal Basin Platform, west
lat. 3131' to 36', long. 108'to 115',scale1:500,000.
Texas:University of Texas (Austin), Bureau of
HA-65,1-Predevelopment hydrologic conditions
EconomicGeology,4pp, ll crosssections.
in the alluvial basins of Arizona and adiacent Bouguer gravity
atlasof Texas,Dalhart sheet, 1986:
parts of Califomia and New Mexico, by G. W.
University of Texas (Austin), Bureau of EcoFreethey and T. W. Anderson, 1985, 3 sheets,
nomic Geology, scale 1:250,00.
lat. 31'31'to 36",long. 108'to 115',scale1:500,000. Bouguer gravity
atlas of Texas,Tucumcari sheet,
1986: University of Texas (Austin), Bureau of
MrscrlleNsous
FrELDsruDrES MAps
Economic Geology, scale 1:250,000.
MF-1465-C-Map showing Quatemary and Pli- Budnik, R. T., 1987,Late Miocene reactivation of
ocenefaults in the Silver City 1' x 2'quadrangle
ancestral Rocky Mountain structures in the Texas
and the Douglas 7" x 2o quadrangle, southPanhandle-a response to Basin and Range exeastemArizona and southwestem New Mexico.
tension: Geology, v. 15, pp. 1,53-1.66.
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85-l25-Lithologic descriptions of selected Middle and Upper |urassic rocks from Gallup to Laguna in northwest New Mexico, by S. M.
Condon, 1985,68 pp.
85-283-Analytical results for 38 hot spring samples collected in the western United States, by
W. H. Ficklin, C. L. Smith, and j. R. Motooka,
1986,3 pp.
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Grand
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Geological
trip
Society
The Grand Junction Geological Society, in cooperation with the Museum of Western Colorado.
*ill rponro, a field trip to world-famous dinosaur
quarries and museums, September 18-20, 7987.
The trip will begin and end in Grand function,
Colorado, with overnight stops in Price and Vernal, Utah. For information and registration forms
contact Bill Chenoweth, 707 Brassie Drive, Grand
function, CO 81506.
Responses
to geologic
questionnaile
Responsesto the questionnaire concerning geologic projects in New Mexico will be published in
the next issue of NewMexico C"ology(v. 9, no. 3)
instead of this issue. The form, which was published in NrzrMexicoGeology,
v. 8, no. 4'(Novernber
1986),must be sent in before May 30, 1987,.in order
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Bureau of Mine Inspection
Date and
operation
(November 5, 1986,through February 1.1,D8n
2825-E Broadbent Pkwy. NE
Energy & Minerals Dept.
Albuquerque, NM 87107
Operators and omers
Location
17-6-86
gold,
silver,
silicon
Operator-Antelope, Picom Corp., PO. Box 120, Winston, NM 87943;Gen. Mgr.-James Grainger, Chloride,
NM.
Property owner-St. Cloud Mining Co., Winston, NM.
Siena County; sec. 26, T9S, R9W; private
land; directions to mine: 0.5 mi north of
the Great Republic mine.
17-6-86
metal
Operator-Cat. Mountain, Falcon Mining Corp., (Greg
Richards),P.O. Box 5575,Hobbs, NM 88241;Gen. Mgr.Greg Richards, sarne address, phone: 392-1515; Gen.
Supt.-Ron Richards,P.O. Box 80261,Midland, TX 79709,
phbne: (915) 597-5255;Official-Russell Richards, same
address as Gen. Suot.
Property owner-Nlozelle Johnston, PO. Box 362, Socono, NM 87801,phone: 835-1365.
SierraCounty; sec. 10, T165, R7W; federal
land; directions to mine: 2 mi east of Hillsboro inside sharp bend in NM-90 at mileoost 101.
12-j-86
silver
Operator-Hopeful Claims, JamesL. Reed, owner, P.O.
Box 835, Bayard, NM 88023-0835;Gen. Mgr.-James L.
Reed.
Property owner-James L. Reed, sameaddressas above.
Grant County, sec. 18, T18S, R15W; federal land; directions to mine: west of Tyrone (P.D.) 5 mi on NM-180 West-Goat
Canyon.
1-22-87
silver and
gold
Operator-Carlisle Mine, Royal Minerals, Inc., PO. Box
W, Duncan, AZ 85534;Person in charge-Douglas Hanson, MesquiteAve., Duncan, AZ 85534,phone: (602)3592835;Other official-Michael Best.
koperty owner-Douglas Hanson, President
Grant County, sec. 1, T17S,R21W;private
land; directions to mine: 15 mi from Duncan, AZ, on Carlisle Rd.
t-u-6/
silver and
gold
Operator-East Camp, Royal Minerals, Inc., P.O. Box W,
Duncan, AZ 85534;Person in charge-Douglas Hanson,
MesquiteAve., Duncan, AZ 85534,phone: (502)359-2835;
Other official-Michael Best.
Property owner-Douglas Hanson, President
Grant County; secs.5-9, T16, 1.75,1127W;
private land dirations to mine: 20 mi from
Duncan, AZ, on Carlisle Rd.
L-27-87
Placer
mill
Operator-Rattlesnake Mill Site, Black Range Exploration, Inc., PO. Box 183,Hillsboro, NM 88M2; Gen. Mgr.Sonny Hale, sameaddress;Supt.-Rex L. Evatt, II, same
address.
Property owner-Black Range Exploration, same adqress.
Siena County; sec. 10, T165, R7W; private
land; directions to mill: Wam Springs
Road.
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London, David, 1985, Holmquistite as a guide to pegmatitic rare metal deposits: Economic Geology, v. 81,
pp.704-712.
Marfunin, A.5., 1979,Spectroscopy,luminescence,and
ndiation centers in minerals: Springer-Verlag,Berlin,
352 pp.
Mariano, A. N., 1978, The application of cathodoluminescencefor carbonatite exploration and characterization; in Proceedingsof the first intemational slmposium
on carbonatites:Pocosde Caldas,Minas Gerais, Brazil,
pp.39-57.
Mclemore, V T., and Barker,J. M.,7987, Somegeological
applications of cathodoluminescencFexamples from
the Lemitar Mountains and Rilev travertine, Socono
County, New Mexico:New Mexico Geology,v. 9, no.
2, pp.37-40.
Modreski, P J., 1987,Fluorescentminerals of New Mexico
(abs.):New Mexico Geology, v. 9, no. 2, p. 43.
Modreski, P J., and Newsome, Don, 1984, Green uranium-activatedfluorescenceof adamite from the Oiuela
mine, Mapini, Mexico (abs.): Minerals of Mexico,
FM-MSA-TGMS Joint Symposium, Tucson,Arizona (not
paginated).
Murata, K. J., and Smith, R. L., 7946, Manganese and
lead as coactivatorsof red fluorescencein halite: American Mineralogist, v. 31, pp. 527-538.
Newsome, Don, 7982, Colors and spectral distributions
of fluorescent minerals, part II: Journal of the Fluorescent Mineral Society,v. "11,pp. 7-32.
Newsome, Don, 1985, Colors and spectral distributions
of fluorescentminerals, part III: Journal of the Fluorescent Mineral Society,v. 13, pp.2-28.
Newsome, Don, and Modreski, P.J., 1981,The colors and
speckal distributions of fluorescent minerals: Journal
of the FluorescentMineral Society,v. 70, pp.7-55.
Portnov A. M., and Gorobets,B.5.,1969,Luminescence
of apatite from different rock types: Doklady, Earth ScienceSections,v. 184,pp. 110-113(translatedfrom Dok-
:E!
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lU, no. 1, pp. 199ladyAkademiiNaukSSSR,'1.959,v.
202).
Przlbram, K., 1935,Fluorescenceof fluorite and the bivalent europium ion: Nature, v. 135, p. 100.
Robbins, Manuel, 1983, The collector's book of fluorescent minerals: Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 289
PP
Schulman,J. H., Evans,L. W., Ginther, R. J., and Murata,
K. J.,1947,The sensitizedluminescenceof manganeseactivated calcite:Journal ofApplied Physics,v. 18, pp.
732-739.
Sommer, S. E., 1972, Cathodoluminescenceof carbonates, 1. Characterizationof cathodoluminescencefrom
carbonatesolid solutions: Chemical Geology, v.9, pp.
257-273.
Stephenson,D. A., 1962,Tablesof fluorescentand radioactive minerals, 3rd ed.: New Mexico Bureau of Mines
and Mineral Resources,Circular 15, 44 pp.
Tarashchan,A. N., 1978, Luminestsentsiamineralov
[Luminescenceof minerals]: Naukova Dumka, Kiev,
296 pp . (in Russian).
Van Horn, F. R., 1930, Replacement of wolframite by
scheelitewith obseruationson the fluorescenceof certain tungsten ninerals: American Mineralogist, v. 15,
pp. 461.-469.
Walker, Grahame, 1985,Mineralogical applications of luminescencetechniques; in Beny, F. J., and Vaughan,
D. J. (eds.), Chemical bonding and spectroscopy in
mineral chemistry: Chapman and Hall, New York, pp.
103-140.
White, W. 8.,1975, Luminescent materials: Transactions
of the American Crystallographic Association, v. 11,
pp.31.-49.
White, W. B., Matsumura, M., Linnehan, D. G., Furukawa, T., and Chandrasekhar,B. K., 1986,Absorption
and luminescenceof Fer' in single-crystalorthoilase:
American Mineralogist, v.71., pp. 1415-7479.
Zieiinski, R. A., 1980,Uranium in secondary silica:a possible exploration guide: Economic Geology, v.75, pp.
592-602.
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New Mexico Mineral Symposium
The following abstractconcludesthe talks given
at the 7th annual mineral symposium that concern
New Mexico (seeNau MexicoGeology,v. 9, no. L,
pp.20-23).
MTNERALS
oF NEw MEXIco,by Peterl.
FLUoRESCENT
Modreski,U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO
80225
Minerals that fluoresce under ultraviolet (UV)
light are of interest for several reasons. They are
a curiosity and an aestheticattraction to collectors.
The fluorescencecan be a useful aid in recognizing
and identifying minerals; it may provide otherwise
hidden information about a mineral's trace-element content and crystal chemistry. Finally, the
existenceor distribution of fluorescentminerals in
a given area may provide clues to the presence,
size, zoning, composition, and genetic history of
a mineral deposit. Fluorescent minerals in New
Mexico can b6 grouped by occurrence:1) minerals
in igneous rocks, especiallypegmatites;2) ore and
gangue minerals in base- and precious-metal deposits, including skarns; 3) secondary uranium
minerals from the Grants mineral belt-Colorado
Plateau area; and 4) low-temperafure carbonate,
sulfate, and silica minerals that occur as nodules,
veins, or coatings in sedimentary and volcanic
rocks. Many of the pale-colored, largely iron-free
minerals of igneous rocks fluoresce, although often
weaklv; these include sodium and potassium feldspars,'sodalite, zircon, and apatite. Fluorapatite
from the Harding pegmatite, TaosCounty, is notable for its yellow fluorescence(due to manganese,
Mn2*) under shortwave (SW) UV which is brightest in pale gray to tan apatite but near$ absentin
darker, blue apatite. Eucrlptite, an uncommon and
inconspicuous mineral at the Harding pegmatite,
is most easilv located bv its crimson fluorescence.
At the Glob-epegmatiie near Petaca, Rio Arriba
Counry pods of green fluorite fluorescepale violet
under longwave (LW) W but shong greenish white
under SW. This differs from the typical europium
(Eu2*)-activated
fluorescence(violet LW; weak violet
SW) seenin most fluorite and is due to the greater
abundance of rare-earth elements GEE) in addition to Eu in fluorite from the Globe pegmatite
(about 1 wt. VoY and about 0.7 wt. 7o or more
eachof severalother REEs).Ore minerals that fluoresce include scheelite (blue to yellowish white
SW) from numerous localities, such as the Ortiz
gold mine, Santa Fe County; the Dalton Canyon
area, Santa Fe County (northwest of Pecos);Iron
Mountain, SierraCounty; and the Victorio district,
Luna CounW. Powellite (vellow SW) is also reported from'Iron Mountiin. Yellow, cadmiumbearing "turkey-fat" smithsonite from the Empire
mine, Grant County, fluorescesorange to red (LW
and SW) as described bv Graeme and Graeme (Neru
Mexico Geology,v. 7, io. 2, p. 41). Pale-colored,
iron-poor sphalerite from many worldwide localities fluorescesorange (LW); such sphalerite is uncommon in New Mexico although Northrop
(Minerals of New Mexico, 1959) noted "museum
specimensof fluorescent sphalerite" from the Black
Range. Willemite, common in the oxidation zone
of zinc-bearing ore deposits in the southwestern
United States,is sometimesfluorescent(green,SW).
Occurrencesof green-fluorescentwillemite include Iron Mountain, Socorro Peak, Tres Hermanas Mountains, and Hillsboro and elsewhere
in the Black Range. Other secondary ore minerals
that commonly fluoresce include hydrozincite (blue,
SW) and cerussite (yellow-white, strongest LW);
rescentSanguemineral in many mining districtsMagdalena, Kingston, Tres Hermanas, and Luis
Lopez, to name a few. Calcite most commonly
flubrescesred (SW) due to Mn2*, brit may range
to blue, yellow, or white (activators unknown).
Fluorescent uranium minerals reported from the
stateinclude uranyl phosphatesand sulfates(such
as autunite or metalautunite, and zippeite) that
fluoresceyellow-green (strongestSW), and uranyl
carbonates(such as andersonite and liebigite) in
which the color of luminescenceis shifted to bluish
green. Many other uranium minerals (carnotite,
torbemite, uranophane) are essentially nonfluorescent.Other minerals of low-temperature origin
include many occunences of green-fluorescent,
slightly uraniferous chalcedony (including a-gate
and silicified wood) and opal. Pink chalcedony
"roses,"which weatherout of rhyolite in the Apache
Creek area of Catron County, have a particularly
rescegreen,but in many (most?)cases,the fluorescence-is due to an otherwise imperceptibly thin
layer of opal deposited atoP the carbonate minerals. Thin coatings of green-fluorescentopal on
fracture surfaces are common in many kinds of
this lurninescenceis controlled by mechanisms that
so far remain a mvsterv. Other fluorescent minerals of sedimentaiy or iiagenetic origin reported
from New Mexico include barite, gypsum, langbeinite, thenardite, and trona. One example of a
locality only recently examined for fluorescent
minerals is the Point of Rocks phonolite sill in
Colfax County. Fluorescent minerals discovered
there include villiaumite (dark red to red-orange
LW and orange to yellow SW); sanidine (violetred SW); sodalite (orange LW); polylithionite (dull
yellow SW); searlesite(green SW); cancrinite (green,
white, violet, or pale orange SW and LW, probably
due sometimesto inclusionsor coatings);lovdarite
(newly identified by XRD and microprobe; brilliant green SW, weaker LW); coatings of greenfluorescent opal on fracture surfacesand in vesicles; secondary calcite and aragonite (blue white
to violet white SW and LW); and severaladditional
minerals, recognizable because of their fluorescencebut as yet unidentified. A brownish-orange
hydrocarbon film, which coats crystals in some
vugs, fluoresces orange under LW and SW. This
locality-as yet only incompletely examined-is
an exampleof an areawhere closescrutiny of mineralizediock under ultraviolet light is likely to lead
to the recognition of additional minerals.
Association
UtahGeological
The 7987Utah GeologicalAssociation field conference and symposium, Cenozoic geology of
western Utah, will be held September23-26, 7987.
The conference will begin with a one-day symposium in Salt Lake City followed by a three-day
iield trip ending in Salt Lake City. The conference
"Great
Salt Lake,- Lake Bonneville
will cover the
Basin, Tertiary volcanic activity, and economic
seolosv of Cenozoic rocks.
" The"fieldtrip will featurea completeswing around
the Great Sal[ Lake fol]owed by an examination of
lake Bonneville features south to Sevier Lake. Areas
of Tertiary volcanic rocks will be examined north
of the Great Salt Lake and in the regions around
Beaver,Fillmore, and Richfield. Cenozoic mineral
and energy resourcesalong the route will be highlighted. Hellmut Doelling, SeniorGeologistat the
Utah Geologicaland Mineral Survey, is the field
trio chairman.
titles of guidebook papers and a list of field trip
stops will be available May 1. Registration for the
conferencewill begin in June. For more information contact Richard Kopp, President, Utah GeologicalAssociation,11336High Mesa Drive, Sandy,
uT 84092,(801)572-0113.
Correction
Credit for the drawing in the article "Geotechnical investigation of a site in New Mexico for the
Superconducting Super Collider" (New Mexico
Geology,v. 9, no. 1, p. 11) should have been given
to Joe Lertola (TIME, November 11, 1985). Lertola's drawing was modified and redrafted by
NMBMMR drafter Becky Titus
Nrro Mexico Geology May 7987
NewMexicoBureau
of Mines
Resources
andMineral
statfnotes
meeting was "Laramide strike-slip faults in the
southern Rocky Mountains: examples, piercing
points, structuralstyle,"and PaulBauer'stalk was
entitled "Structural and stratigraphic relationships
between the Early Proterozoic Vadito and Ortega
Groups, Picuris Range,northern New Mexico."
Equipmentawardsfrom PresidentLattman'sreThe sixtieth anniversary for NMBMMR was
GretchenRoybal is the principal investigator for
March 14th;it was celebratedby a dinner honoring the $30,000cooperativeagreementwith USGSfor
search funds were $9,000 for an ash fusion furall staff members and spouses,with special
nace, to be overseen by Frank Campbell, and
-Bob notice computerization of point-source data for New
given to emeritus stafi: Bill Arnold,
Weber, Mexico in 1987.John Hawley and Rick Lozinsky's
$10,000toward a fire assayfurnace,to be overseen
and Rousseau Flower; living previous directors: grant for $13,100from USCSWaterResourcesbibv Lvnn Brandvold and Mike Harris. Bob North
EugeneCallaghan,A. J. Thompson, and Don Baker; vision is for a project entitled "Hydrogeologic and
aird Virginia Mcl-emore's talk at the Bulk Minerals
and specialguests Dr. and Mrs. Larry Lattman, geophysicalframework of the Mesilla Basin."Larry
Svmposium on Precious-MetalsDeposits of WestTechPresident Arrangements were made by Judy Woodard, new Bureau of Land Management State ein United Statesat Reno in April-was "A classiVaiza and Norma Meeks. Our accomplishments Director, approved the cooperativeagreementwith
fication of the precious metal deposits of New
can be judged, in part, by the 577 foimal publi- NMBMMR for us to report on the paleontological Mexico."JamieRobertson'stalk in April at a Unications issued on New Mexico geology and min- resourcesof FossilForest;Don Wolberg is the prinversity of New Mexico seminar was "Precambrian
eral resourcesand servicereouests,which in recent cipal investigator for the three-year study.
geology of the Pecos Greenstone belt, northern
years,includeannuallyaboui 13,000letters,12,500
New Mexico."Bill Stone'stalk at the Albuquerque
PhaseII for the geologic characterizationof the
telephone inquiries, 9,500office visits, and 4,000- SuperconductingSuper Collider (SSC) site was
Water Quality Steering Committee was "Measure6,000 analytical reports. Other service efforts, completed in March. The study was funded by
ment of rechargeusing chloride-ion concentration
technical talks, and applied research results are $86,000from the SSCcommittee, which is chaired
in salt water." Bob Eveleth'stalk to the Albuquernoted quarterly in NearMexicoGeology.
que Gem and Mineral Societywas "Too good to
by Larry Lattman, as part of the committee's grant
Chris McKee joined us as technician in charge from New Mexico Researchand Development Inbe true-a synopsis of New Mexico's mining
of the x-ray lab; Darrell Daude is working on com- stitute. Gary Johnpeer, Danny Bobrow, Sylveen
scams."
puterization for the stategeologicmap. Dave Love Robinson-Cook, Don Barrie, Joe Kelliher, fohn
Ron Broadhead and Gretchen Roybal were cowas elected New Mexico Geological Society Pres- Hawley, and Dave Love worked on the project.
chairsfor the New Mexico GeologicalSocietyspring
ident; Robert O. Anderson is the new New Mexico The site is in the northern part of the Estancia meeting in Socorro. William Chavez was RegisTechRegent;and Chuck Chapin joins Orin Ander- Vallev north of Moriartv.
tration Chairman. The thirty-seven talks given
son and Richard Chamberlin on the NMBMMR
coveredmany aspectsof New Mexico geology.Bob
At the Southwestern and Rocky Mountain Digeologic map review committee. Anniversaries of vision of the American Association for the AdNorth's talk to the Morenci Society of Mining Enstaff who had five or more years of service from vancement of Scienceawards banquet in Austin,
gineerswas entitled "Copper, gold, and silver in
March through May 1987 were: Judy Yaiza, 73; Texas,john Hawley and Lee Gile were awarded
New Mexico." Frank Kottlowski servedon the ProNorma Meeks and Marshall Reiter. 12; Richard the 1987Certificate for Outstanding Contributions
gram ReviewCommitteefor Deep Observationand
Chamberlin, Frank Campbell, and Ruben Archu- in Arid Zone Research.At the Indiana University
Samplingof the Earth'sContinentalCrust;the first
leta,8; and GretchenRoyal, 7.
meeting was in Riverside,California.In April, he
Geology Department colloquium in mid-April,
Deborah Shaw and Naa Mexico Geologywere Frank Kottlowski was awarded the Richard Owen
also attended the U.S. National Committee on
given an "Award of Excellence"by the Kachina Distinguished Alumni Award in Industry and
Geology's spring meeting and the Federal Liaison
Chapter of the Society for Technical Communi- Government for 7986-1987.His colloquium talk
Committee meeting of the Association of Americation. Don Wolberg is the representative on the was "Black gold, collapsing soils, cenotes,and fucan StateGeologistsin Washington,D.C. Judges
AGI Council for the Society of Vertebrate Paleon- sulinids, or why major in geology?" The Rocky at the sciencefairs and event leadersat the Science
tologists. Virginia Mclemore and JamieRobertson Mountain Federation of MineralogicalSocieties' Olympiad were Lynn Brandvold, Dave Love, Ron
attended the American Current Researchon Fluid honorary award will be given to Don Wolberg in
Broadhead,Frank Campbell,Bob North, Bill Stone,
Inclusions sessions.GeorgeAustin, Dave Love, June, allowing him to select two students to reBarbara Popp, Carol Hjellming, April Gil, Jamie
Robertson,Danny Bobrow, and JoeKelliher. Lynne
fohn Hawley, and Bill Stone attended meetings in ceivecashscholarshioawards.
Albuquerque of the Hazardous Waste ManageMcNeil, Norma Baca,and Zana Wolf attended the
GeorgeAustin's taik at the NMBMMR-Geosciment Society.Lynn Brandvold was our represen- enceseminarin March was "Illite polytypes:struc- Secretary Seminar '87, sponsored by the Albutative at the Water Quality Control Commission ture and significance; Richard Chamberlin's talk
querque chapter of ProfessionalSecretariesIntermeeting.JohnHawley and Don Wolbergattended inApril at the seminarwas "NURE reconnaissance national.
the StateEnvironmentalRoundtablesessions.Lynn geochemicalmaps:a new perspectiveon the geolGeorgeAustinis chairmanof the IndustrialMinBrandvold, BarbaraPopp, and Cecilia McCord at- ogy of New Mexico."JohnHawley alsogavea talk erals Division of SME-AIME, and serves on the
tended the SocietyforApplied Spectroscopymeet- at the seminar entitled "Five million years on the
Executive,Nominating, Scholarship,andAwards
ings at SandiaLabs.Dave Love attendedthe New Rio Grande." Hawley's talk to the New Mexico Committees.Peggy Barroll and Marshall Reiter's
Mexico Geographic Information Advisory Com- ScienceTeacher'sSeminar was "Environmental paper entited "Influences of stress and temperamittee meetings. Bob North and Bob Eveleth set geology and hazardous waste disposal in New
ture regimeson grabensubsidence"waspublished
up an exhibit at the Albuquerque Gem and MinResponding to a request from
Mexico " Chuck Chaoin's talk at the Colorado in Tectonophysics.
eralogical Society show, Bob North, Bob Eveleth, Schoolof Mines' Svmposium on the Rio Grande Governor Carruthers, Jim Barker arranged with
and Mike Gobla attended the Tucson Gem and Rift in Aoril was 'tThe Rio Grande rift: an overDave Lardner of New Mexico Travertine Company
Mineral show. The AIME-SME meeting in Denver view." Richard Chamberlin's Doster at the Rockv to send a2 x 2 x 4 block of ApacheGolden Vein
(PennsylvanianLimestone)to Philadelphiafor the
was attendedby Mike Harris, CeorgeAustin, Jim Mountain Sectionmeeting oiCSA in Boulder in
Barker, and Mark Bowie, all of whom attended Mav was entitled "Compositionallv distinct Eocene "We the Peoples 200" monument, which comnumerous committee meetinqs. Bill Stone at- fluvial systems in the San Juan ilasin: a prelimimemorates20b years of the USA Constitution
tended the New Mexico Water-WellDriller's As- narv interoretation of NURE stream-sediment
sociationannual convention.
geoihemicil data." Chuck Chapin's talk at this
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