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New Mexico Geological Society Annual Spring Meeting
April 19, 2024, Macey Center, Socorro, NM

2024 Proceedings Volume
Online ISSN: 2834-5800
https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024

Geochemistry of critical minerals in mine waste at Hillsboro and Steeple Rock districts, New Mexico

Abena Serwah Acheampong-Mensah, Virginia T. McLemore, Nicole Hurtig, and Alexander Gysi

p. 8. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.3009

Paleomagnetic Data and Emplacement Style of Trachyandesite Intrusions Associated With the Eruption of the Góry Suche Rhyolitic Tuffs, Poland

Madison Marie Allcorn, Marine S. Foucher, Michael S. Petronis, Marek Awdankiewicz, and Sam Poppe

p. 9. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.2994

Incorporating automated earthquake detection methods for real-time earthquake monitoring in Delaware Basin, southeastern New Mexico

Urbi Basu, Susan Bilek, and Mairi Litherland

p. 10. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.3017

Assessing microbial communities associated with critical minerals in historic mine waste in central New Mexico

Mackenzie B. Best, Daniel S. Jones, and Virginia McLemore

p. 11. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.2975

Investigating Critical Minerals in Laramide Copper Porphyry Systems of New Mexico

Isabella Cerchiaro Sanchez, Anita Appah, Kyle Stafford, Virginia McLemore, and Evan Owen

p. 12. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.2997

Quantifying deformation of carbonate rocks along the Alamogordo fault, south-central New Mexico

Antonio Chavez, George Pharris, and Veronica B. Prush

p. 13. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.3004

Humates Used as a Filtering Medium for Uranium

Brianna Whitney Detsoi, Bonnie Frey, and Virginia McLemore

p. 14. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.3012

Geohydrologic Framework of the Monument Draw Trough in Southeastern New Mexico: Implications for Water Resource Uses for Municipal Drinking Water and the Oil and Gas Industry

Paul Drakos, Meghan Hodgins, and Jim Riesterer

p. 15. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.3018

Extracting Aluminum Oxide From Kaolinite

Janin Essary, Virginia McLemore, and Paul Fuierer

pp. 16-17. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.2965

Post-wildfire debris flow risk assessment mapping for Interbasin Water Transfers in the Southern and Central Rocky Mountains.

Abelino Fernandez Leger and Daniel Cadol

p. 18. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.3022

Stratigraphic Analysis for Correlativity of Geophysical and Geochemical Properties With Lithology: Rare Earth Element Occurrence in the Late Cretaceous Fruitland Formation

Sam Fire, Valentina Robledo, and Virginia T. McLemore

pp. 19-20. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.2990

Rapidly Prospecting for Advanced, Enhanced, and Caged Geothermal Power Generation

Luke P. Frash, Bulbul Ahmmed, and Bijay K C

p. 21. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.3014

Preliminary Geochronological Results From the Fra Cristobal Range of South-Central New Mexico – Revision of Cretaceous-Age Units to Santa Fe Group

Kyle K. Gallant, Veronica Prush, and Shari Kelley

p. 22. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.3025

Nitrogen, Sulfur, and Carbon-Cycling Capabilities of Microbial Communities From Desert Cave Systems

Katelyn Mary Green, Abigail R. Brown, Zoe E. Havlena, Mackenzie B. Best, Diana E. Northup, and Daniel S. Jones

p. 23. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.3008

Geomorphology of the Southernmost West Mesa Escarpment, Petroglyph National Monument, Albuquerque, New Mexico

William C. Haneberg and Sean D. Connell

p. 24. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.2967

Stratigraphy and Provenance of the Baca Formation in the Baca and Carthage-La Joya Basins, Central New Mexico

Kristen Hashberger, Ryan Leary, and Veronica Prush

pp. 25-26. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.2969

The Rio Grande Rift, Mining, and Geothermal Energy

Frederick Henderson

p. 27. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.3023

Lithium clay deposits in the McDermitt caldera, Nevada - Oregon: Characteristics and contributions from closed-hydrologic system diagenesis (CHSD) and possible hydrothermal activity

Christopher D. Henry

pp. 28-29. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.2970

Learn, Connect, Protect: The National Cave and Karst Research Institute’s 2024 Education and Outreach Program

Devra E. Heyer and Daniel S. Jones

p. 30. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.2973

Normal Faults in the San Juan Basin: Preliminary Report on Their Prevalence and Significance

Kevin M. Hobbs

pp. 31-32. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.2991

Eliminating human error during drilling: the first step toward automating optimized geothermal drilling

Noah Frederick Hobbs, Bulbul Ahmmed, Luke Philip Frash, and Meng Meng

p. 33. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.2964

Reconnaissance Survey of Volcanic Caves and Cave Microbial Communities at Capulin Volcano National Monument, Nm

Joseph R. Hoberg, Anika Baloun, Jimmy Swift, Abigail Brown, Georgia N. Schneider, Patricia E. Seiser, and Daniel S. Jones

p. 34. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.2984

3D Seismic Imaging and Fault Detection at the Lightning Dock Geothermal Field

Lianjie Huang

p. 35. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.3015

Geochemical Evolution and ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar Geochronology of the Uvas Basaltic Andesite: Insights into the Early Rio Grande Rift

Lee H. Hughes, Jeffrey M. Amato, and Julia Ricci

p. 36. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.3010

Exploration for Critical Minerals Resources in the Zuni Mountains, NM

Brielle Hunt, Virginia McLemore, Evan Owen, and Nicole Hurtig

pp. 37-38. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.3026

Using New Mexico’s Unique Geology, Hydrology, and Topography to Develop Pumped-Storage Hydroelectric (PSH) Facilities in Support of Renewable Energy Generation, Storage, and Distribution

R. Keith Julian

pp. 39-41. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.2977

Petrographic and Paragenetic Analysis of Arsenide Five-Element Vein Mineralization in the Black Hawk District, Grant County, New Mexico

Zohreh Kazemi Motlagh, Virginia T. McLemore, Evan Owen, and William Chávez

p. 42. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.2971

The behavior of Er in hydrothermal fluids at supercritical conditions, varying ph and salinity and applications to REE mineralization in IOA deposits

Charles Kershaw, Nicole Hurtig, Alexander Gysi, Artas Migdisov, Larua Waters, and Daniel Harlov

pp. 43-44. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.2993

Mapping geothermal resources using AI/ML

Tracy Kliphuis, Hope Jasperson, and Velimir Vesselinov

pp. 45-46. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.2983

Lake Socorro and the 7.4-7.0 Ma fluvial integration of the ancestral Rio Grande through the Socorro Basin, south-central New Mexico

Daniel J. Koning, Matthew T. Heizler, and Richard M. Chamberlin

pp. 47-48. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.3007

Surface Water and Snowpack Modeling With Emphasis on Post-Wildfire Hydrologic Impacts in the Santa Fe Watershed, NM

Joseph Kuljis

p. 49. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.3019

Rare earth elements and major constituents in surface water from Lee Ranch Mine

John J. Lempke, Bonnie Frey, and Virginia Mclemore

p. 50. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.3013

Hydrologic Response of the Gallinas River to the Spring Snowmelt Post-2022 Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fire; Y2

Jennifer Lindline and Mary Frances Bibb

p. 51. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.3011

Status of the RioSol Transmission Line Project

Dennis Loria

p. 52. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.3027

Developing Accessible Visualizations of Geophysical and Geochemical Processes for Cave and Karst Education.

Raquel Lugo, Devra Heyer, Daniel S. Jones, and Valerie Davis

p. 53. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.2987

Multiyear Monitoring of an Experimental Watershed and Seismic Modeling of Bedload Transport in Gravel-Bed Alluvial Channel

Loc Luong and Daniel Cadol

p. 54. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.3021

Evolution of hydraulic fracture permeability in EGS considering natural fracture compressibility and strength of the surrounding rock

Matthew L. McLean, D. Nicolas Espinoza, and Bulbul Ahmmed

p. 55. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.2968

A stream-sediment geochemical survey for critical minerals in the Zuni Mountains, Cibola and McKinley Counties, New Mexico

Virginia T. McLemore, Evan J. Owen, Brielle Hunt, and Exploration Geochemistry Fall Class

pp. 56-57. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.2989

Newly discovered stromatolites and bimodal magmatism at ~1.23 Ga in the Burro Mountains of New Mexico: Mesoproterozoic rifting formed a shallow ocean basin in southwestern Laurentia

Amit Millo, Jeff Amato, and Jordan Bell

pp. 58-59. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.2963

Evaluating chemical weathering in a small catchment in New Mexico’s Black Range to explore implications for limestone dissolution and regional solution caves.

Sharon B. Minnix, Daniel S. Jones, and Veronica Prush

p. 60. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.3005

Late Holocene Climate Change and the Expansion and Contraction of the Chihuahuan Desert Based on Soil, Geomorphic, Isotopic, and Macrobotanical Evidence at the Cañada Alamosa Archaeology Project, New Mexico

Curtis Monger, Karl Laumbach, Julia Kelson, Virginia McLemore, and Richard Holloway

p. 61. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.3020

Comparative Mineralogy of the 5-Element Arsenide Vein Systems of the Black Hawk District, Grant County, New Mexico

Jakob Newcomer, Virginia McLemore, Nicole Hurtig, and Zohreh Kazemi Motlagh

p. 62. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.3001

Applications of UAS Multispectral Imagery in the Earth and Environmental Sciences - Geospatial Applications in Natural Sciences Laboratory

Michael S. Petronis, Joesph P. Zebrowski, Marine S. Foucher, and Jennifer Lindline

pp. 63-64. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.2980

Evaluating Segmentation Behavior Along the Alamogordo Fault, central New Mexico, Using Neotectonic Mapping, Soil Chronosequences, and Geodynamic Modeling

George Pharris, Veronica Prush, and John Naliboff

p. 65. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.2966

Apatite Rare Earth Elements Chemistry and Fluid Inclusion Study in Hydrothermal Veins of the Lemitar Mountains Carbonatite, New Mexico

Eric L. Ruggles, Nicole Hurtig, Alexander Gysi, Virginia T. McLemore, and Jay Thompson

pp. 66-67. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.2998

Developing Accessible Resources for Education and Training in Cave Science

Daniel M. Runyan, Devra Heyer, Raquel Lugo, and Daniel S. Jones

p. 68. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.2986

New ⁴⁰ar/³⁹ar Detrital Sanidine Geochronology From the Eocene San Jose Formation, Eastern San Juan Basin, Northwestern New Mexico

Nicole Joy Salladin, Thomas A. Valenzuela, Brian A. Hampton, Kevin M. Hobbs, Matt T. Heizler, and Julia Ricci

p. 69. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.3006

Geologic mapping, structural analysis, and microprobe analysis of the Mazatzal Province in the Salinas Peak region, San Andres Mountains

Alexis Osegueda Salmeron, Jeffrey Amato, and Gideon Kuykendall

p. 70. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.2979

AGE CONSTRAINTS ON LATE CRETACEOUS DINOSAURS: GEOCHRONOLOGIC AND STRATIGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF THE McRAE FORMATION WITHIN THE LARAMIDE LOVE RANCH BASIN, NEW MEXICO

Emma E. Schantz and Jeffrey M. Amato

pp. 71-72. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.3002

Alteration and Geochemistry of Clinkers in the San Juan Basin, New Mexico

Devlon R. Shaver and Virginia T. McLemore

p. 73. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.2988

Geochronology and Critical Mineral Potential of Selected Laramide Porphyry and Related Deposits in Southwest New Mexico

Kyle T. Stafford, Virginia T. McLemore, and Nels A. Iverson

p. 74. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.2981

Hydrothermal Rare Earth Elements (REE) Partitioning into Fluorite: A Fluid Inclusion Study from the Gallinas Mountains REE-bearing Fluorite Deposit, NM

Aadish Velmani, Alexander Gysi, and Nicole Hurtig

pp. 75-76. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.2978

Rural Geothermal Potential: A Case Study for Presidio County Texas

Ken Wisian

p. 77. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.3028

Reservoir Characterization and Management of the Radium Springs Geothermal System for Heating a Large Geothermal Greenhouse at Masson Radium Springs Farm

James C. Witcher

p. 78. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.3024

Determining Key Factors in Well Selection Criteria for Navajo Technical University-New Mexico Tech-Navajo Nation Water Purification Project (n⁴wpp)

Taylor Cecelia Yazzie, Bonnie Frey, Daniel Cadol, Ranalda Tsosie, Laila Sturgis, Emily Woolsey, and Abhishek Roychowdhury

pp. 79-80. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.2992

Geologic Mapping in New Mexico: An Update on the New Mexico STATEMAP Program

Matthew J. Zimmerer, Michael Timmons, Phil Miller, Jake Ross, Siânin Spaur, and Daniel Lavery

p. 81. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2024.2962

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