New Mexico Geological Society
Fall Field Conference Guidebook - 4
Southwestern New Mexico
Frank E. Kottlowski, ed, 1953, 153 pages, (Reprinted 1996).
The New Mexico Geological Society welcomes you to its Fourth Field Conference. We have enjoyed your participation in the first and second conference, which were along the margins of the San Juan Basin. Last year we lured you down the Rio Grande Valley, to view the mountain backbone of New Mexico. This year we wish you to examine the southern part of the Rio Grande Valley, and then to plunge into the rugged mountains and wide plains of the Basin and Range section of southwestern New Mexico. This portion of the state is a challenge to the petroleum geologist, the stratigrapher, the vulcanologist, and the mining geologist. The trip will take you through rich valleys, over timbered mountains, and across broad plains, with a maximum variety of geology and scenery. The first day road log is from El Paso to Las Cruces. The trip will illustrate the changes in thickness and facies of the Paleozoic formations and features of Cenozoic volcanic and sedimentary rocks include fossiliferous Miocene lake beds, huge xenoliths in tuffaceous rhyolite, volcanic cones and necks, and mineralized intrusions. The second day road log is from Las Cruces to Silver City via Selden Canyon, Radium Springs, Hatch, Hillsboro, Kingston, and San Lorenzo. The third day road log is through the Santa Rita and White signal districts. This trip will examine the regional geology of the Silver City region and a few of the numerous mining camps. The fourth day road log is from Silver City, New Mexico to Dos Cabezas, Arizona. This route traverses part of the Mexican Highlands section of the Basin and Range Province.
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Front Matter: (includes Dedication, President's Message, & Conference Organizer's Message)
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Roadlogs: (each includes listed mini-papers)
Papers:
Road log, Franklin Mountains and vicinity
— Rousseau H. Flower, pp. 11-14. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-4.11
— Rousseau H. Flower, pp. 11-14. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-4.11
Franklin Mountains section (350 KB PDF)
— Rousseau H. Flower, pp. 15-17. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-4.15
— Rousseau H. Flower, pp. 15-17. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-4.15
Road log from El Paso to Las Cruces
— Frank E. Kottlowski, pp. 18-28. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-4.18
— Frank E. Kottlowski, pp. 18-28. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-4.18
Road log from Las Cruces to Silver City
— Frank E. Kottlowski, F. J. Kuellmer, and W. R. Jones, pp. 29-63. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-4.29
— Frank E. Kottlowski, F. J. Kuellmer, and W. R. Jones, pp. 29-63. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-4.29
Road log, Santa Rita and White Signal district--Silver City to Hanover and Santa Rita, New Mexico
— William R. Jones, pp. 64-82. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-4.64
— William R. Jones, pp. 64-82. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-4.64
Road log, Silver City, New Mexico, to Dos Cabezas, Arizona
— Frank E. Kottlowski, pp. 83-105. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-4.83
— Frank E. Kottlowski, pp. 83-105. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-4.83
Paleozoic sedimentary rocks of southwestern New Mexico (747 KB PDF)
— Rousseau H. Flower, pp. 106-112. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-4.106
— Rousseau H. Flower, pp. 106-112. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-4.106
The history of petroleum exploration in southwestern New Mexico (526 KB PDF)
— William M. Sandeen, pp. 112-116. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-4.112
— William M. Sandeen, pp. 112-116. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-4.112
Basin and range structure in southwestern New Mexico (341 KB PDF)
— Eugene Callaghan, pp. 116-117. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-4.116
— Eugene Callaghan, pp. 116-117. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-4.116
Some geological features of the Santa Rita quadrangle, New Mexico (1.09 MB PDF)
— Robert M. Hernon, W. R. Jones, and S. L. Moore, pp. 117-130. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-4.117
— Robert M. Hernon, W. R. Jones, and S. L. Moore, pp. 117-130. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-4.117
Geology of the Santa Rita area (329 KB PDF)
— G. J. Ballmer, pp. 130-131. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-4.130
— G. J. Ballmer, pp. 130-131. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-4.130
The Tyrone district (394 KB PDF)
— Frank J. Kleinhampl, pp. 131-133. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-4.131
— Frank J. Kleinhampl, pp. 131-133. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-4.131
White Signal uranium deposits (585 KB PDF)
— Elliot G. Gillerman, pp. 133-137. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-4.133
— Elliot G. Gillerman, pp. 133-137. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-4.133
Fluorite deposits of Burro Mountains and vicinity (336 KB PDF)
— Elliot G. Gillerman, pp. 137-138. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-4.137
— Elliot G. Gillerman, pp. 137-138. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-4.137
Summary of smaller mining districts in the Silver City region (523 KB PDF)
— Robert M. Hernon, pp. 138-141. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-4.138
— Robert M. Hernon, pp. 138-141. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-4.138
Recent investigations of radioactive occurrences in Sierra, Doña Ana, and Hidalgo Counties, New Mexico (332 KB PDF)
— Boyd, Fred S., Jr. and Harold D. Wolfe, pp. 141-142. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-4.141
— Boyd, Fred S., Jr. and Harold D. Wolfe, pp. 141-142. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-4.141
Lower Cretaceous stratigraphy of southwestern New Mexico (333 KB PDF)
— Zeller, Robert A., Jr., pp. 142-143. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-4.142
— Zeller, Robert A., Jr., pp. 142-143. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-4.142
Volcanic rocks of southwestern New Mexico (346 KB PDF)
— Eugene Callaghan, pp. 143-144. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-4.143
— Eugene Callaghan, pp. 143-144. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-4.143
Tertiary-Quaternary sediments of the Rio Grande Valley in southern New Mexico (591 KB PDF)
— Frank E. Kottlowski, pp. 144-148. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-4.144
— Frank E. Kottlowski, pp. 144-148. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-4.144
Measured sections near Dos Cabezas, Arizona (245 KB PDF)
— S. M. Jones and W. D. Bacheller, pp. 149. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-4.149
— S. M. Jones and W. D. Bacheller, pp. 149. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-4.149
Recommended Guidebook Citation:
- Kottlowski, F. E.; [ed.], 1953, Southwestern New Mexico, New Mexico Geological Society, Guidebook, 4th Annual Field Conference, 153 pp. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-4