New Mexico Geological Society
Fall Field Conference Guidebook - 42
Geology of the Sierra Blanca, Sacramento and Capitan Ranges, New Mexico

James M. Barker, Barry S. Kues, George S. Austin and Spencer G. Lucas, eds., 1990, 450 pages.

The 1991 New Mexico Geological Society Fall Field Conference tours the south-central part of New Mexico after a 27-year hiatus (Guidebook 15). Topics in this guidebook range from several papers on the Precambrian, both as basement rocks and exposures, to Pleistocene glaciation. From discussions of the most basic and fundamental structures of the crust in this part of the world to the nuts-and-bolts of the economic potential for mineral development and to the history of Lincoln and Otero Counties. The first-day road log is from Inn of the Mountain Gods to Bent Dome, Tularosa, Alamogordo, Cloudcroft and return to Inn of the Mountain Gods. The second-day tour begins again at Inn of the Mountain Gods on to Hondo, Lincoln, Capitan and returns to Inn of the Mountain Gods. The third-day road log is from Inn of the Mountain Gods to Nogal, Carrizozo, White Oaks and Valley of Fires.

Table of Contents:

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1. First-day road log: From Inn of the Mountain Gods to Bent Dome, Tularosa, Alamogordo, Cloudcroft and return to Inn of the Mountain Gods
   — Colpitts, Robert M., Jr., George S. Austin, James M. Barker, Paul W. Bauer, W. Richard Hahman, John W. Hawley, and Richard P. Lozinsky, pp. 1-25.

Mini-papers:

2. Climate of Cloudcroft-Ruidoso
   — Jerry E. Mueller, pp. 2-3.
3. Structure and basin-fill units of the Tularosa Basin
   — Richard P. Lozinsky and Paul W. Bauer, pp. 7-9.
4. A short history of the Old Virginia mine
   — Paul W. Bauer, pp. 7.
5. Geomorphology and environmental concerns along the Sacramento escarpment, eastern Alamogordo
   — John W. Hawley, pp. 11-12.
6. Oliver Lee Memorial State Park
   — Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 12-13.
7. Late Pennsylvanian (Virgillian) phylloid-algal bioherms, Holder Formation, Dry Canyon
   — Donald F Toomey, pp. 14-16.
8. The "Cloud-Climbing Railroad"--The Alamogordo and Sacramento Mountain Railway
   — Russell W. Jentgen, pp. 18-19.
9. Additional comments on the "Cloud-Climbing Railroad"
   — Allen L. Bowman, pp. 19-20.
10. Cloudcroft, New Mexico: "The breathing spot of the southwest"
    — Spencer. Wilson, pp. 20-22.
11. Engineering geology of karst collapse features in a highway roadcut quarry, Otero County, New Mexico
    — W. Richard Hahman and Robert M. Colpitts, pp. 24-24.
12. Second-day road log: From Inn of the Mountain Gods to Hondo, Lincoln, Capitan and return to Inn of the Mountain Gods
    — Steven M. Cather, Spencer G. Lucas, Virginia T. McLemore, and Colpitts, Robert M., Jr., pp. 27-46.

Mini-papers:

13. Pajarita Mountain yttrium-zirconium deposit, Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation, Otero County, New Mexico
    — Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 30-32.
14. Evaluation of basement control on the formation of the northern Tinnie fold belt, southeastern Lincoln County, New Mexico
    — David M. Burt, pp. 33-35.
15. The Lincoln County war and the legend of Billy the Kid
    — Marjorie H. Austin, pp. 35-36.
16. Tectonic overview of the Ruidoso region
    — Steven M. Cather, pp. 37-39.
17. Smokey Bear Historical State Park
    — Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 40.
18. Southeasternmost outcrops of the Morrison Formation, Capitan, Lincoln County, New Mexico
    — Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 41.
19. Notes on the Smokey mine, Capitan iron deposits, Lincoln County, New Mexico
    — Clay T. Smith, pp. 42-44.
20. Third-day road log: From Inn of the Mountain Gods to Nogal, Carrizozo, White Oaks and Valley of Fires
    — Spencer G. Lucas, Virginia T. McLemore, Adrian P. Hunt, Michael S. Allen, Steven M. Cather, and Mark Ouimette, pp. 47-70.

Mini-papers:

21. Ore mineralogy and paragenesis, Great Western Mine, Lincoln County, New Mexico
    — Sheryl L. Eng, pp. 51-52.
22. History of coal mining in the Sierra Blanca Coal Field, Lincoln and Otero Counties, New Mexico
    — Edward S. Slagle, pp. 54-57.
23. Vegetation and plant communities of Lincoln County, New Mexico
    — Paul J. Knight, pp. 58.
24. Captive mountain waters
    — Russell W. Jentgen, pp. 58.
25. White Oaks: Gold, coal and scandal, but no railroad
    — Spencer Wilson, pp. 60-61.
26. Gallinas Mountains mining district, New Mexico
    — Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 62-63.
27. Some primary directional features of the Holocene Carrizozo, (Valley of Fires) pahoehoe basalt flow, Lincoln County, New Mexico
    — Wolfgang E. Elston, pp. 70.
28. Supplemental road log: From junction of US-380 and NM-37 to Capitan
    — Steven M. Cather and Wolfgang E. Elston, pp. 71-75.

Mini-papers:

29. The Capitan dike-and-sill swarm (Lincoln County, New Mexico) revisited
    — Wolfgang E. Elston, pp. 72-74.

Papers:

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30. Some effects of the Precambrian basement on the development of the Sacramento Mountains (1.38 MB PDF)
    — Arthur L. Bowsher, pp. 81-89. [ABSTRACT]
31. Geology of Proterozoic outcrops in Dead Man and Little San Nicolas Canyons, southern San Andres Mountains, New Mexico (966 KB PDF)
    — Pamela J. Roths, pp. 91-96. [ABSTRACT]
32. Geological, geochemical and isotopic characteristics of the Lincoln County porphyry belt, New Mexico: Implications for regional tectonics and mineral deposits (2.20 MB PDF)
    — Michael S. Allen and Eugene E. Foord, pp. 97-113. [ABSTRACT]
33. The geology and petrogenesis of the Capitan Pluton, New Mexico (1.93 MB PDF)
    — Michael S. Allen and Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 115-127. [ABSTRACT]
34. Th-U-REE quartz/fluroite veins, Capitan Pluton, New Mexico: Evidence for a magmatic/hydrothermal origin (1.01 MB PDF)
    — Randall S. Phillips, Andrew R. Campbell, and Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 129-136. [ABSTRACT]
35. Structure and igneous rocks of the Ruidoso region, New Mexico (1.31 MB PDF)
    — Samuel L. Moore, Tommy B. Thompson, and Eugene E. Foord, pp. 137-145. [ABSTRACT]
36. The Carrizo Mountain stock and associated intrusions, Lincoln County, New Mexico (974 KB PDF)
    — David J. Pertl and Joseph C. Cepeda, pp. 147-152. [ABSTRACT]
37. A possible mid-Holocene age of the Carrizozo Malpais from paleomagnetics using secular variation magnetostratigraphy (852 KB PDF)
    — Stephen L. Salyards, pp. 153-157. [ABSTRACT]
38. Evolution of the late Cenozoic Jornado volcano, south-central New Mexico (1.03 MB PDF)
    — Jerry M. Hoffer and L. LeRoy Corbitt, pp. 159-163. [ABSTRACT]
39. Origin of folds in the Permian Yeso Formation, Lincoln, New Mexico (918 KB PDF)
    — Walter Yuras, pp. 165-170. [ABSTRACT]
40. Geology of the Bent Dome, Otero County, New Mexico (587 KB PDF)
    — Eugene E. Foord and Michael L. Moore, pp. 171-174. [ABSTRACT]
41. The Bent Dome--Part of a major Paleozoic uplift in southern New Mexico (1.34 MB PDF)
    — Paul W. Bauer and Richard P. Lozinsky, pp. 175-181. [ABSTRACT]
42. Structural data from the Joyita uplift: Implications for Ancestral Rocky Mountain deformation within central and southern New Mexico (1.15 MB PDF)
    — William C. Beck and Charles E. Chapin, pp. 183-190. [ABSTRACT]
43. A geophysical analysis of crustal structure in the Ruidoso area (1.09 MB PDF)
    — Donald G. Roberts, Donald C. Adams, and G. Randy Keller, pp. 191-197. [ABSTRACT]
44. A preliminary assessment of the seismic hazard of the southern Rio Grande rift, New Mexico (655 KB PDF)
    — Stephen L. Salyards, pp. 199-202. [ABSTRACT]
45. Eustatic and tectonic controls on cyclic sediment accumulation patterns in lower-middle Pennsylvanian strata of the Orogrande Basin, New Mexico (1.68 MB PDF)
    — Thomas J. Algeo, James L. Wilson, and Kyger C. Lohmann, pp. 203-212. [ABSTRACT]
46. Late Pennsylvanian phylloid-algal bioherms, Orogrande Basin, south-central New Mexico and west Texas (1.24 MB PDF)
    — Donald F Toomey, pp. 213-220. [ABSTRACT]
47. Some gastropods from the lower Wolfcampian (Basal Permian) Laborcita Formation, Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico (1.33 MB PDF)
    — Barry S. Kues, pp. 221-230. [ABSTRACT]
48. Some pelecypods and scaphopods from the lower Wolfcampian (Basal Permian) Laborcita Formation, Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico (1.53 MB PDF)
    — Barry S. Kues, pp. 231-242. [ABSTRACT]
49. Triassic stratigraphy, paleontology and correlation, south-central New Mexico (2.40 MB PDF)
    — Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 243-259. [ABSTRACT]
50. Cretaceous Dakota Group outlier, Sacramento Mountains, Otero County, New Mexico (747 KB PDF)
    — Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 261-264. [ABSTRACT]
51. Stratigraphy and provenance of upper Cretaceous and Paleogene strata of the western Sierra Blanca Basin, New Mexico (1.52 MB PDF)
    — Steven M. Cather, pp. 265-275. [ABSTRACT]
52. Mammuthus from Linclon County and review of the mammoths from the Pleistocene of New Mexico (1.07 MB PDF)
    — Spencer G. Lucas and James A. Effinger, pp. 277-282. [ABSTRACT]
53. Tectono-metallogenic maps of mining districts in the Lincoln County porhyry belt New Mexico (1.13 MB PDF)
    — Lee A. Woodward, pp. 283-290. [ABSTRACT]
54. Geology of mineralization and associated alteration in the Capitan Mountains, Lincoln County, New Mexico (1.09 MB PDF)
    — Virginia T. McLemore and Randall S. Phillips, pp. 291-298. [ABSTRACT]
55. A geochemical survey of ferrous and selected base metals in the eastern half of the Capitan Mountains, Lincoln County, New Mexico (1.00 MB PDF)
    — Scott T. Ellinger and Joseph C. Cepeda, pp. 299-304. [ABSTRACT]
56. Base-and precious-metal deposits in Lincoln and Otero Counties, New Mexico (840 KB PDF)
    — Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 305-309. [ABSTRACT]
57. Preliminary observations on the mining history, geology, mineralization of the Jicarilla mining district, Lincoln County, New Mexico (791 KB PDF)
    — Virginia T. McLemore, Mark Ouimette, and Robert W. Eveleth, pp. 311-316. [ABSTRACT]
58. Fluid inclusion investigation of the mid-Tertiary Helen Rae gold mine, Nogal district, New Mexico (889 KB PDF)
    — Andrew R. Campbell, James A. Porter, and Scott E. Douglass, pp. 317-321. [ABSTRACT]
59. Gold mineralization associated with alkali trachyte breccia in the Gallinas mining district, Lincoln County, New Mexico (744 KB PDF)
    — Lee A. Woodward and Michael S. Fulp, pp. 323-325. [ABSTRACT]
60. The Mudpuppy-Waterdog prospect, an alkalic copper-gold porphyry system in the Nogal-Bonito mining district, Lincoln County, New Mexico (427 KB PDF)
    — Michael S. Fulp and Lee A. Woodward, pp. 327-328. [ABSTRACT]
61. Geology of the Vera Cruz mine and breccia pipe, Lincoln County, New Mexico (577 KB PDF)
    — George E. Ryberg, pp. 329-332. [ABSTRACT]
62. Late Pleistocene rock glaciers in the western part of the Capitan Mountains, Lincoln County, New Mexico: Description, age and climatic significance (914 KB PDF)
    — John W. Blagbrough, pp. 333-338. [ABSTRACT]
63. Water resources of the Ruidoso-Carrizozo-Tularosa areas, Lincoln and Otero Counties, New Mexico (680 KB PDF)
    — Newcomer, Robert W., Jr. and John W. Shomaker, pp. 339-341. [ABSTRACT]
64. The hydrogeology of the Permian Yeso Formation within the upper Rio Hondo Basin and the eastern Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation, Lincoln and Otero Counties, New Mexico (1.36 MB PDF)
    — Maryann. Wasiolek, pp. 343-351. [ABSTRACT]
65. Cimarron mill, Carrizozo, New Mexico: A typical superfund site? (613 KB PDF)
    — Lynn A. Brandvold, pp. 353-355. [ABSTRACT]
66. Potential environmental threats in old mining areas--The High Rolls (Sacramento) mining district (891 KB PDF)
    — Margaret Anne Rogers, William L. Mansker, and Donald W. (Pete) Peters, pp. 357-361. [ABSTRACT]