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New Mexico Geological Society Annual Spring Meeting & Ft. Stanton Cave Conference
April 7-9, 2022, Macey Center, Socorro, NM

2022 Proceedings Volume
Online ISSN: 2834-5800
https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022

Measuring Microplastics in the Middle Rio Grande Through Albuquerque, New Mexico

Raven Longwolf Alcott, Alexandra Hurst, Sofia Jenkins-Nieto, Sarah Ann Polsin, and Gary Weissmann

p. 12. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2855

The First Report of planolites in the Mojado Formation, Cerro De Cristo Rey, Sunland Park, New Mexico

Oskar N/A Alvarez and Eric J. Kappus

p. 13. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2794

REE in Coalbeds in the San Juan River - Raton Coal Basins

Megan N. Badonie and Virginia T. McLemore

p. 14. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2838

Geochemical niches of extremophile communities in an ephemeral acid rock drainage

Mackenzie B. Best and Daniel S. Jones

p. 15. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2865

Geochemical fingerprinting of source water to the Snowy River deposit

Johanna M. Blake, Christina Ferguson, and Keely Miltenberger

p. 16. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2831

New Mexico Underground: Spectacular Subsurface Systems for Interdisciplinary Science and Exploration

Penelope J. Boston

p. 17. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2873

Extremophilic Microorganisms From Sulfur-Rich Springs and Fumaroles in the Valles Caldera Volcanic Complex, New Mexico

Abigail Rose Brown, Brianna Green, and Daniel S. Jones

p. 18. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2844

Monitoring Bats on the Fort Stanton – Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area

Debbie C. Buecher and Diana E. Northup

p. 19. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2842

The double-edged sword of ultra-high precision ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar geochronology: Investigating previously unresolved complexities in sanidine age distributions

Tyler B. Cantrell, Matthew T. Heizler, and Jake Ross

p. 20. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2859

The Trace Fossil Zoophycos From the Shallow Water Facies of the Middle Pennsylvanian Sandia Formation, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico

Patrick James Carey, Spencer G. Lucas, Karl Krainer, Deborah Petrak Green, and Paul May

p. 21. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2796

Evaluating Methods for Remote Measurement of Stream Flow Velocity in Ephemeral Flash Flood Environments

Zachary Chavez, Daniel Cadol, Kyle Stark, and Jonathan B. Laronne

p. 22. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2820

Characterization and Origin of the REE-bearing Magmatic-hydrothermal breccia pipes in the Gallinas Mountains, Lincoln County, New Mexico

Stellah Cherotich and Virginia McLemore

p. 23. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2864

Continuous Measurement of Evaporation in High-humidity Caves: A Case Study in Fort Stanton Cave, New Mexico

Jake Collison, Talon Newton, and Scott Christenson

p. 24. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2863

Discovery, Exploration, Surveying, and Cartography in Fort Stanton Cave

John J. Corcoran

p. 25. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2818

The First Decade in Snowy River: Stalking the Mammoth Cave of the West

Donald G. Davis

p. 26. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2852

Geochemistry of the Tajo granite, Socorro County, New Mexico

Haley Dietz and Virginia T. McLemore

p. 27. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2857

New Evidence Confirms the ~250 K.y. Duration for Deposition of the Paleocene Ojo Alamo Sandstone in the Southern San Juan Basin, New Mexico

James E. Fassett

p. 28. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2829

Geology, Stratigraphy, and Geomorphology of the Permian San Andres Limestone and the Snowy River Passage of the Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave System, Lincoln County, New Mexico

Christina L. Ferguson and Keely E. Miltenberger

p. 29. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2811

The First Record of the Rare Ammonite Genus Masiaposites in the Upper Cretaceous (Turonian) of New Mexico

Michael P. Foley and Spencer G. Lucas

p. 30. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2817

Applying sandstone modal composition and ImageJ analysis to constrain feldspar alteration in Early Permian (Wolfcampian) nonmarine strata in New Mexico

Justin Matthew Friend, Brian A. Hampton, and Alicia L. Bonar

p. 31. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2824

Elucidating the Structural Geometry and Major Faults of the San Marcial Basin, Socorro County, Using Total Bouguer Gravity Anomaly Data.

Kyle K. Gallant, Alex J. Rinehart, Daniel J. Koning, and Andrew P. Jochems

p. 32. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2858

⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar Geochronology Near Rio Grande-Red River Confluence Reveal a Latir Volcanic Field Source for 4.5 to 1.2 Ma Fluvial Deposits and a <1.2 Ma Carving of the Taos Gorge

Jacob R. Gehrz, Matthew T. Heizler, Karl E. Karlstrom, Matthew J. Zimmerer, and Kevin M. Hobbs

p. 33. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2871

Connectivity and Rainfall-Runoff Relationships in Flashy Ephemeral Systems

Sandra Glasgo

p. 34. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2795

Origin of Archaeologically Significant Gravel and Lag Deposits on Southwestern Horace Mesa, Mount Taylor Region, New Mexico

Fraser Goff and M. Steven Shackley

p. 35. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2789

Geology of the Cambrian-Ordovician Lemitar Carbonatites, Socorro County, New Mexico: Revisited

Ethan B. Haft, Virginia T. McLemore, O. Tapani Rämö, and Jonas Kaare-Rasmussen

p. 36. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2841

A simple numerical model of the Rio Grande Rift extension: implications on surface hydrology

Kyungdoe Han and John Wilson

p. 37. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2830

Gypsum Sediments in Lehman Caves, Great Basin National Park, NV, USA.

Zoe E. Havlena, Daniel S. Jones, Louise D. Hose, Harvey R. DuChene, Amanda L. Labrado, and Benjamin Brunner

p. 38. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2856

Multiple Modes Of Deformation In Fault Zone Juxtaposing Dissimilar Rock Types, Southern Chupadera Mountains, Socorro County, New Mexico

Kevin M. Hobbs

p. 39. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2853

Microbe-Mineral Interactions in Caves

Daniel S. Jones, Diana E. Northup, and Penelope J. Boston

p. 40. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2846

Sulfuric Acid Speleogenesis in the Frasassi Cave System, Italy, and Possible Implications for Guadalupe Mountain Caves

Daniel S. Jones

p. 41. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2848

Audio-Magnetotelluric and Transient-Electromagnetic Investigation of the Salt Basin, South-Central New Mexico

Shari Kelley

p. 42. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2801

Santa Fe Group Aquifer Investigations in the Northwestern Albuquerque Basin, New Mexico

Daniel J. Koning, Amanda Doherty, Ethan Mamer, and Laila Sturgis

p. 43. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2845

Photogrammetric Analysis of the Clayton Lake Dinosaur Tracksite, Early Cretaceous of Northeastern New Mexico

Michael A. Kvasnak, John B. Rogers, and Spencer G. Lucas

p. 44. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2823

Fort Stanton Cave and the northern Sacramento Mountains: Regional geologic and hydrologic context

Lewis Land

p. 45. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2808

Using electrical resistivity methods to map cave passages and conduits in the San Solomon Springs karstic aquifer system, West Texas, USA

Lewis Land and George Veni

p. 46. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2835

A new specimen of the eubaenine turtle Goleremys mckennai from the Paleocene Nacimiento Formation of northwestern New Mexico

Asher Jacob Lichtig and Spencer G. Lucas

p. 47. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2806

The platysternid turtle Cardichelyon from the Paleocene Nacimiento Formation, New Mexico, USA

Asher Jacob Lichtig and Spencer G. Lucas

p. 48. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2809

A Decade of Data Logging in Fort Stanton Cave and Snowy River

Pete Lindsley

p. 49. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2792

3-D Modeling of Fort Stanton Cave using Maps, Lidar, Photogrammetry, and Gaming Engines

Ronald J. Lipinski

p. 50. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2814

Pennsylvanian stratigraphic architecture, lithostratigraphy and tectonism in New Mexico

Spencer G. Lucas and Karl Krainer

p. 51. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2781

The Eocene Baca Formation, west-central New Mexico, was not deposited in a lake

Spencer G. Lucas and Lawrence H. Tanner

p. 52. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2784

Sediment transport in ephemeral channels: Validation of physics-based model and development of data-driven model

Loc Luong, Daniel Cadol, Susan Bilek, and John Mitchell McLaughlin

p. 53. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2798

Snowy River’s Second Decade: Chaos Prevails

John T. M. Lyles

p. 54. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2843

Fort Stanton Cave Formation Repair and Restoration Project

Michael C. Mansur

p. 55. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2803

An early Permian fossil flora from the Arroyo de Alamillo Formation of the Yeso Group, Socorro County, NM

Paul May, Spencer G. Lucas, Hans Kerp, William A. DiMichele, and John B. Rogers

p. 56. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2787

Unusual trace fossil assemblage from the Upper Cretaceous Paguate Member of the Dakota Formation in the Ojito Wilderness, Sandoval County, New Mexico

Paul May, Spencer G. Lucas, and John B. Rogers

p. 57. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2782

Controls on flow conveyance losses in the San Acacia reach of the Middle Rio Grande

Katie McLain

p. 58. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2840

Seismic Monitoring of Flash Floods—Sediment Transport, Flood Detection, and Flow Characteristics Inferred from Seismic Signals in an Ephemeral Watershed

John Mitchell McLaughlin, Susan Bilek, and Daniel Cadol

p. 59. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2802

Resistivity Measurements at Fort Stanton Cave New Mexico

John S. McLean

p. 60. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2815

Caves in the Upper Pecos Watershed

Dennis McQuillan

p. 61. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2850

Source Tracking Analysis of Aluminum, Arsenic, and Lead Entering the San Juan River in the Four Corners Region, USA.

Rachel L. Mixon, Johanna M. Blake, Jeb E. Brown, Shaleene Chavarria, Christina L. Ferguson, and Douglass B. Yager

p. 62. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2861

Early Pleistocene (late Blancan) vertebrates from Simon Canyon, Socorro County, central New Mexico

Gary S. Morgan, Daniel J. Koning, M. Steven Shackley, David W. Love, Kevin M. Hobbs, and Andrew P. Jochems

p. 63. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2837

Monitoring Sediment Erosion and Deposition in the Arroyo de los Pinos Through Structure from Motion (SfM) Photogrammetry

Rebecca Moskal and Daniel Cadol

p. 64. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2827

Hydrogeology of Snowy River Passage, Fort Stanton Cave, New Mexico

Brad Talon Newton

p. 65. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2860

Contrasting Microbial Communities in Cave Ferromanganese Deposits With Overlying Surface Soils

Diana E. Northup, Jason C. Kimble, Ara S. Winter, and Robert L. Sinsabaugh

p. 66. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2834

Lithogeochemical Vectors and Mineral Paragenesis of Hydrothermal REE-Bearing Fluorite Veins and Breccias in the Gallinas Mountains, New Mexico

Evan J. Owen, Alexander P. Gysi, Virginia T. McLemore, and Nicole Hurtig

p. 67. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2870

A Reservoir Model for Snowy River Flooding

Stephen S. Peerman

p. 68. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2783

Navigating the Blm Proposal Submission Process to Gain Scientific Entries to Fort Stanton Cave

Knutt Peterson

p. 69. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2825

Key speleothem paleoclimate results from Fort Stanton Cave

Victor J. Polyak, Yemane Asmerom, and Matthew S. Lachniet

p. 70. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2828

Regional Geology of the Northeastern Sacramento Mountains, Lincoln and Otero Counties, New Mexico

Geoffrey Rawling

p. 71. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2839

Preliminary estimates of dinosaur size and speed at the Early Cretaceous Clayton Lake dinosaur tracksite, Union County, New Mexico

John B. Rogers, Michael A. Kvasnak, and Spencer G. Lucas

p. 72. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2797

A First Report of the Ichnogenus curvolithus From the Mojado Formation, Cerro De Cristo Rey, Sunland Park, New Mexico.

Jahir Sanchez and Eric Kappus

p. 73. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2800

The Two Independent Water Systems in Fort Stanton Cave

Henry Schneiker

p. 74. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2785

First Report of the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) Heteromorph Ammonite Haresiceras (Haresiceras) montanaense (Reeside, 1927) From New Mexico

Paul L. Sealey and Spencer G. Lucas

p. 75. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2780

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Campanian) ammonite zones in the Chama Basin, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico

Paul L. Sealey and Spencer G. Lucas

p. 76. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2807

Contrasting Geologic and Geoarchaeological Views of Grants Ridge Obsidian Deposits, Mount Taylor Volcanic Field, New Mexico

Steven Shackley and Fraser Goff

p. 77. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2791

The Snowy River Calcite Formation Records a Complex History in Fort Stanton Cave

Michael N. Spilde, Keely E. Miltenberger, Christina L. Ferguson, and Johanna M. Blake

p. 78. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2869

Mineral Resource Potential of Land Parcels in Southwest New Mexico

Kyle T. Stafford and Virginia T. McLemore

p. 79. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2866

Stoneman Lake, Az, Sediments Archive Southwestern North America Surface Processes Over the Last Two Glacial Cycles (and Beyond)

Spencer E. Staley, Peter J. Fawcett, R. Scott Anderson, Gonzalo Jimenez-Moreno, Vera Markgraf, and Erik Brown

pp. 80-81. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2836

Six years of Sediment Data Collection from a New Mexican Arroyo

Kyle Stark and Daniel Cadol

p. 82. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2819

Three-Dimensional Geologic Framework Model of the Rio San Jose Groundwater Basin and Adjacent Areas, New Mexico

Donald S. Sweetkind, Amy E. Galanter, and Andre Ritchie

p. 83. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2810

Spelunking into the Virosphere: Characterizing Viral Communties from Carlsbad Caverns National Park

Joseph Ulbrich, Daniel S. Jones, and Thomas L. Kieft

p. 84. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2832

Geoscience Outreach in the International Year of Caves and Karst

George Veni

p. 85. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2847

Quantifying groundwater to surface water exchanges in the Belen reach of the MRGCD

Ethan Williams, Daniel Cadol, Lin Ma, and Alex Rinehart

p. 86. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2868

Reevaluating the emplacement history of the Cornudas Mountains

Mason N. Woodard, Nels A. Iverson, Virginia T. McLemore, and Laura E. Waters

pp. 87-88. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2022.2867