New Mexico Geological Society Annual Spring Meeting — Abstracts

The core and cutting library archives at the New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources (NMBMMR) make available representative samples from rock formations in different parts of New Mexico. Drill cuttings from 15,000 wells and more than 1,000 different cores are stored at the NMBMMR. The core library consists of 5 warehouses, a processing area in each building, equipment for slabbing core, and microscopes for the examination of cuttings. The library is an important source of geological and engineering information regarding exploration for, and
development and preservation of, oil and natural gas, water, coal, uranium, metallic and industrial minerals, and carbon dioxide in New Mexico. An excerpt from the database ofarchived core is shown in Table 1. This data will be available on the NMBMMR web site at www.geoinfo.nmt.edu.

Additional resources at the NMBMMR include a number of different types of information related to the core and cuttings in it's repository. The Subsurface Library contains well records, driller's logs, electric and other geophysical logs, sample logs and descriptions. Source rock analyses, biostratigraphic data, petroleum-exploration maps, geologic maps, production data, petroleum-related publications, field and pool data and maps, and a number of core analyses and drill-stem test records are also available. The Geologic Information Center (GIC) is a specialized library and archive focusing on geologic data relating to New Mexico's mining, milling, petroleum industries, and water resources. The GIC also contains unpublished mine reports, maps and all NMBMMR open-file reports. Recently a coal library has been established to store geophysical logs, chemical analyses, maps, and reports from coal exploration projects in New Mexico. The NMBMMR also houses information on the State's water resources, including information for use in developing and protecting water supplies, evaluating water-quality and pollution problems, operating and reclaiming mines and utilizing geothermal resources. Portions of the National Uranium Resource Evaluation (NURE) data are available at the NMBMMR, along with various geologic maps, reports and logs.

Professional staff are available for consultation on the different resources provided at the NMBMMR. For a complete overview of the NMBMMR's resources visit our web site at www.geoinfo.nmt.edu.