New Mexico Geological Society
Fall Field Conference Guidebook - 5
Southeastern New Mexico
T. F. Stipp, ed, 1954, 209 pages, (Reprinted 1996).
The New Mexico Geological Society extends a cordial welcome to all participants in its Fifth Field Conference. Previous conferences sponsored by this society have traversed the San Juan Basin area of the north western corner of the State, the Rio Grande country of central New Mexico, and the basin and range province of the south western portion of the State. This excursion affords an opportunity to examine the structure and stratigraphy of the Sacramento-Guadalupe Mountains region of southeastern New Mexico. The Sacramento and Guadalupe Mountains have been the objective of previous field trips, but the classic exposures, complex structures and controversial stratigraphic relationships undoubtedly merit much more than the usual amount of attention. The Sacramento escarpment furnishes excellent outcrops of a section ranging in age from the pre-Cambrian to the middle Permian, while the Guadalupe Mountains and Delaware Basin offer exposures of the type upper Permian section for the North American Continent characterized by striking facies changes resulting from specialized conditions of sedimentation. Along the Barrera del Guadalupe the fabulous Carlsbad Caverns exist as a mecca for the speleologist. The Delaware Basin is yielding a huge tonnage of potash from the largest deposits in the world and is showing promise of becoming a major petroleum province. The first day road log is from Alamogordo to Alamo Canyon return to Alamogordo and then to Cloudcroft and on to Carlsbad. The second day road log is in the vicinity of the Guadalupe Mountains area, New Mexico and Texas. The third day road log is from Carlsbad to International Minerals and Chemical Corporation's Potash Mine. There is also an additional road log from Carlsbad to Carlsbad Caverns.
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Table of Contents:
Note —Downloads of the papers below are free. Road logs, mini-papers, and some other sections of recent guidebooks are only available in print.
Front Matter: (includes Dedication, President's Message, & Conference Organizer's Message)
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Roadlogs: (each includes listed mini-papers)
Papers:
Road log, first day Alamogordo to Alamo Canyon
— Lloyd C. Pray, pp. 17-22. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.17
— Lloyd C. Pray, pp. 17-22. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.17
Alamogordo to Cloudcroft
— Lloyd C. Pray, pp. 23-31. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.23
— Lloyd C. Pray, pp. 23-31. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.23
Cloudcroft to Carlsbad
— George O. Bachman, V. P. Sheldon, and Rex Alcorn, pp. 32-39. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.32
— George O. Bachman, V. P. Sheldon, and Rex Alcorn, pp. 32-39. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.32
Road log, second day Guadalupe Mountains area, New Mexico and Texas
— Lloyd C. Pray, pp. 40-64. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.40
— Lloyd C. Pray, pp. 40-64. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.40
Road logs, third day Carlsbad to International Mineral and Chemical Corporation's potash mine
— Lloyd C. Pray, pp. 74-76. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.74
— Lloyd C. Pray, pp. 74-76. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.74
Carlsbad to Carlsbad Caverns
— Lloyd C. Pray, pp. 76-78. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.76
— Lloyd C. Pray, pp. 76-78. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.76
Geology of the Tularosa Basin, New Mexico (759 KB PDF)
— William M. Sandeen, pp. 81-88. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.81
— William M. Sandeen, pp. 81-88. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.81
The White Sands--A short review (667 KB PDF)
— Jicha, Henry L., Jr., pp. 88-92. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.88
— Jicha, Henry L., Jr., pp. 88-92. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.88
Outline of the stratigraphy and structure of the Sacramento Mountain escarpment (1.71 MB PDF)
— Lloyd C. Pray, pp. 92-107. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.92
— Lloyd C. Pray, pp. 92-107. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.92
The occurrence and distribution of potassium minerals in southeastern New Mexico (656 KB PDF)
— C. L. Jones, pp. 107-112. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.107
— C. L. Jones, pp. 107-112. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.107
Uranium in southeast New Mexico (313 KB PDF)
— Reid M. Waltman, pp. 113-114. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.113
— Reid M. Waltman, pp. 113-114. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.113
Summary of southeast New Mexico basement rocks (515 KB PDF)
— Peter T. Flawn, pp. 114-116. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.114
— Peter T. Flawn, pp. 114-116. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.114
The Capitan-Castile-Delaware Mountain problem (637 KB PDF)
— H. S. Cave, pp. 118-124. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.118
— H. S. Cave, pp. 118-124. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.118
New Mexico's deepest oil test (441 KB PDF)
— P. W. Hughes, pp. 124-130. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.124
— P. W. Hughes, pp. 124-130. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.124
A brief Geologic Sketch of the Delaware Basin (562 KB PDF)
— Anonymous, pp. 131-136. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.131
— Anonymous, pp. 131-136. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.131
The origin and development of Carlsbad Caverns (796 KB PDF)
— T. Homer Black, pp. 136-142. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.136
— T. Homer Black, pp. 136-142. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.136
Evidence of igneous activity in the northwestern part of the Delaware Basin (450 KB PDF)
— Wallace E. Pratt, pp. 143-147. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.143
— Wallace E. Pratt, pp. 143-147. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.143
Proposed type sections for the Queen and Grayburg Formations of Guadaluian age in the Guadalupe Mountains, Eddy County, New Mexico (694 KB PDF)
— William R. Moran, pp. 147-150. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.147
— William R. Moran, pp. 147-150. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.147
Oil production from the Guadalupe series in Eddy County, New Mexico (873 KB PDF)
— Vilas P. Sheldon, pp. 150-159. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.150
— Vilas P. Sheldon, pp. 150-159. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.150
Resume of oil and gas exploration of the Sacramento Mountains area (286 KB PDF)
— David A. Dunn, pp. 159-160. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.159
— David A. Dunn, pp. 159-160. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.159
Summary of exploration in the Seven Rivers embayment area, Eddy County, New Mexico (453 KB PDF)
— R. E. Murphy and Phil D. Helmig, pp. 160-164. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.160
— R. E. Murphy and Phil D. Helmig, pp. 160-164. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.160
Southeastern New Mexico petroleum statistics (2.07 MB PDF)
— Edward E. Kinney, pp. 164-170. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.164
— Edward E. Kinney, pp. 164-170. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.164
Adventures and exploits of Pecos Pioneers (1.20 MB PDF)
— Maurice G. Fulton, pp. 170-184. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.170
— Maurice G. Fulton, pp. 170-184. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.170
Northern part of west side road, Sacramento Mountains
— Lloyd Pray, pp. 185-189. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.185
— Lloyd Pray, pp. 185-189. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.185
Road log from Cloudcroft to Pinon
— Roswell Geological Society, pp. 189-191. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.189
— Roswell Geological Society, pp. 189-191. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.189
Road log from Dunken to Pinon
— Roswell Geological Society, pp. 191-192. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.191
— Roswell Geological Society, pp. 191-192. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.191
Road log from Pinon to Texas Hill (via El Paso Gap)
— Roswell Geological Society, pp. 192-197. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.192
— Roswell Geological Society, pp. 192-197. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.192
Road log from Texas Hill anticline to Hope, New Mexico
— Roswell Geological Society, pp. 197-198. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.197
— Roswell Geological Society, pp. 197-198. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.197
Road log from Junction Highway 83 and State Road 24 to Bluewater anticline (via Dunken)
— Roswell Geological Society, pp. 198-199. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.198
— Roswell Geological Society, pp. 198-199. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.198
Road log from Carlsbad to mouth of Dark Canyon (via Hackberry Hills)
— Anonymous, pp. 199-203. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.199
— Anonymous, pp. 199-203. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.199
Road log from Highway 62-180 to mouth of McKittrick Canyon
— Anonymous, pp. 203. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.203
— Anonymous, pp. 203. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5.203
Recommended Guidebook Citation:
- Stipp, T. F.; [ed.], 1954, Southeastern New Mexico, New Mexico Geological Society, Guidebook, 5th Annual Field Conference, 209 pp. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-5