New Mexico Geological Society
Fall Field Conference Guidebook - 40
Southeastern Colorado Plateau
Orin J. Anderson, Spencer G. Lucas, David W. Love and Steven M. Cather, eds., 1989, 345 pages.
Our volunteer field trip committee again has targeted a geologically interesting and scenic region. The journey begins on the alluvial fans west of the Sandia Mountains, across the Rio Grande to the first stop in the Rio Puerco fault zone, then to sandstone pipes in the Jurassic rocks west of Mesita, on to the spectacular setting of Acoma Pueblo and hence north to the Cretaceous-Jurassic contact and with a final stop southeast of Grants on NM-117, just south of I-40, to examine Jurassic-Cretaceous strata overlooking the Quaternary malpais. Day 2 begins on the west side of Cebolleta Mesa at the Sandstone Bluffs overlook and southwest to an aggregate pit to see structures related to the Hickman fault zone, then southwest to Techado where the Tertiary Baca Formation overlies the Cretaceous Moreno Hill Formation with an extensive paleoweathering zone at the contact. Then to the major stop of Moreno Hill on the southern margin of the Colorado Plateau to discuss structure and physiography, the Salt Lake coal field, and to note at the outcrop the contrast with the Cretaceous strata to the north in the Zuni Basin. A fitting climax is stopping at the D. Y. Mountain ancient -Zuni holy-place ruins of Dowa Yalanne to discuss the outcropping Jurassic rocks. On the third day, after an evening in Gallup, the conference goes a short distance to the east to see the structure and stratigraphy of the Hogback, then south to the Carbon No. 2 coal mine to discuss coal stratigraphy. After a stop south of Gallup along NM-602 to see the Bidahochi Formation, we continue south and then northeast to the magnificent exposures along the Hogback at Upper Nutria where the Glorieta, San Andres, Chinle, Entrada, Zuni-Cow Springs, Dakota, Mancos, Tres Hermanos, Pescado, Gallup and Crevasse Canyon units are spectacularly exposed, as well as the structures related to the Hogback. Then on the way eastward around the southern flank of the Zuni Mountains through Ramah to the final stop at Bandera Crater we travel northeast to Grants and join I-40 back to Albuquerque.
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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)
First-day road log: From Albuquerque to Mesita, Laguna, Acoma, McCartys and Grants (4.11 MB PDF)
— Charles H. Maxwell, Anderson, Orin, J., Spencer G. Lucas, Richard M. Chamberlin, and David W. Love, pp. 1-24. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.1
— Charles H. Maxwell, Anderson, Orin, J., Spencer G. Lucas, Richard M. Chamberlin, and David W. Love, pp. 1-24. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.1
Mini-papers:
Tectonics and timing of rifting
— Orin J. Anderson, pp. 5-6.
— Orin J. Anderson, pp. 5-6.
Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary in west-central New Mexico
— Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 6-7.
— Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 6-7.
Triassic stratigraphy and paleontology, Mesa del Oro, Valencia County, New Mexico
— Adrian P. Hunt, Spencer G. Lucas, Kim Martini, and Terry Martini, pp. 8.
— Adrian P. Hunt, Spencer G. Lucas, Kim Martini, and Terry Martini, pp. 8.
Geomorphic development of the Rio San Jose Valley
— David W. Love, pp. 11-12.
— David W. Love, pp. 11-12.
Second-day road log: From Grants to El Malpais, Fence Lake, Zuni Pueblo and Gallup (3.97 MB PDF)
— Richard M. Chamberlin, Orin J. Anderson, Spencer G. Lucas, Charles H. Maxwell, and David W. Love, pp. 25-48. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.25
— Richard M. Chamberlin, Orin J. Anderson, Spencer G. Lucas, Charles H. Maxwell, and David W. Love, pp. 25-48. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.25
Mini-papers:
Well drilling, water quality sampling, and aquifer testing on Acoma Pueblo lands, 1 November 1988 to 8 March 1989
— Georgianna E. Kues, pp. 29-30.
— Georgianna E. Kues, pp. 29-30.
Criteria for the recognition of a pre-Eocene lateritic weathering profile, west-central New Mexico
— Richard M. Chamberlin, pp. 34-35.
— Richard M. Chamberlin, pp. 34-35.
Climate of west-central New Mexico
— Jerry E. Mueller, pp. 35-36.
— Jerry E. Mueller, pp. 35-36.
The southern margin of the Colorado Plateau: A ragged edge bounded by Neogene domains of crustal extension
— Richard M. Chamberlin and Orin J. Anderson, pp. 37-38.
— Richard M. Chamberlin and Orin J. Anderson, pp. 37-38.
Upper Cretaceous rocks of the Salt Lake coal field, western Cibola County, New Mexico
— Orin J. Anderson, pp. 38-39.
— Orin J. Anderson, pp. 38-39.
Zuni Pueblo
— David W. Love, pp. 43-44.
— David W. Love, pp. 43-44.
Herbert C. Stacher and the Gallup-Southwestern Coal Company
— Orin J. Anderson, pp. 46-47.
— Orin J. Anderson, pp. 46-47.
Third-day road log: From Gallup to Upper Nutria, Ramah, El Morro and Grants (3.23 MB PDF)
— Orin J. Anderson, Spencer G. Lucas, David W. Love, Charles H. Maxwell, and Richard M. Chamberlin, pp. 49-66. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.49
— Orin J. Anderson, Spencer G. Lucas, David W. Love, Charles H. Maxwell, and Richard M. Chamberlin, pp. 49-66. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.49
Mini-papers:
Stratigraphy of the Triassic Moenkopi Formation, west-central New Mexico
— Steven N. Hayden and Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 59-60.
— Steven N. Hayden and Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 59-60.
Basement fault models for the Nutria monocline
— Orin J. Anderson, pp. 60-62.
— Orin J. Anderson, pp. 60-62.
Juxtaposition of transgression and progradation: A modest supposition
— Orin J. Anderson, pp. 61-62.
— Orin J. Anderson, pp. 61-62.
Bandera Crater
— Charles H. Maxwell, pp. 65.
— Charles H. Maxwell, pp. 65.
Supplemental road log 1: From Grants to U.S. Gypsum Perlite Mine (State Road 547) (697 KB PDF)
— Virginia T. McLemore, James M. Barker, and George S. Austin, pp. 67-69. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.67
— Virginia T. McLemore, James M. Barker, and George S. Austin, pp. 67-69. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.67
Supplemental road log 2: Black Rock to Ojo Caliente (539 KB PDF)
— Spencer G. Lucas and Orin J. Anderson, pp. 69-70. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.69
— Spencer G. Lucas and Orin J. Anderson, pp. 69-70. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.69
Supplemental road log 3: From intersection of NM-602 and Bread Springs road to Fort Wingate via Stinking Springs and McGaffey (563 KB PDF)
— Orin J. Anderson, David W. Love, and Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 71-73. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.71
— Orin J. Anderson, David W. Love, and Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 71-73. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.71
Supplemental road log 4: From intersection of NM-53 and Forest Road 50 (near Bandera Crater) to Grants via Forest Roads 50 and 49 (548 KB PDF)
— Colpitts, Robert M., Jr., Paul W. Bauer, and Clay T. Smith, pp. 73-75. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.73
— Colpitts, Robert M., Jr., Paul W. Bauer, and Clay T. Smith, pp. 73-75. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.73
Roadlog References:
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Papers:
The Laramide Zuni uplift, southeastern Colorado Plateau: A microcosm of Eurasian-syle indentation-extrusion tectonics? (800 KB PDF)
— Richard M. Chamberlin and Orin J. Anderson, pp. 81-90. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.81 [ABSTRACT]
— Richard M. Chamberlin and Orin J. Anderson, pp. 81-90. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.81 [ABSTRACT]
Post-Laramide tectonic and volcanic transition in west-central New Mexico (1.17 MB PDF)
— Steven M. Cather, pp. 91-97. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.91 [ABSTRACT]
— Steven M. Cather, pp. 91-97. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.91 [ABSTRACT]
Exotic blocks within the early Tertiary Rubio Peak Formation in the north-central Black Range, New Mexico: Occurrence, insights into post-emplacement tectonic activity, economic implications and emplacement hypothesis (1.08 MB PDF)
— Richard W. Harrison, pp. 99-106. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.99 [ABSTRACT]
— Richard W. Harrison, pp. 99-106. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.99 [ABSTRACT]
Depositional style and tectonic implications of the Mogollon Rim Formation (Eocene), east-central Arizona (1.76 MB PDF)
— Andre R. Potochnik, pp. 107-118. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.107 [ABSTRACT]
— Andre R. Potochnik, pp. 107-118. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.107 [ABSTRACT]
Structural geology of the Malpais Valley, San Rafael, New Mexico (705 KB PDF)
— T. E. Kelly and Charles B. Reynolds, pp. 119-121. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.119 [ABSTRACT]
— T. E. Kelly and Charles B. Reynolds, pp. 119-121. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.119 [ABSTRACT]
Some relationships among folds, faults and mid-Tertiary igneous rocks near Gallup, northwestern New Mexico (696 KB PDF)
— Marvin L. Milgate, pp. 123-125. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.123 [ABSTRACT]
— Marvin L. Milgate, pp. 123-125. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.123 [ABSTRACT]
Coal maturation and geothermal history, west-central New Mexico (1.15 MB PDF)
— Jeffrie Minier and Marshall Reiter, pp. 127-133. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.127 [ABSTRACT]
— Jeffrie Minier and Marshall Reiter, pp. 127-133. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.127 [ABSTRACT]
Interpretation of basement structures and geophysical anomalies in the southeastern Colorado Plateau (1.36 MB PDF)
— Richard D. Jenkins and G. Randy Keller, pp. 135-142. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.135 [ABSTRACT]
— Richard D. Jenkins and G. Randy Keller, pp. 135-142. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.135 [ABSTRACT]
Precambrian rocks of the Zuni uplift: A summary, with new data on ductile shearing (1,000 KB PDF)
— Christopher K. Mawer and Paul W. Bauer, pp. 143-147. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.143 [ABSTRACT]
— Christopher K. Mawer and Paul W. Bauer, pp. 143-147. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.143 [ABSTRACT]
Geology and geochemistry of syenites and adjacent Proterozoic granitic and metamorphic rocks in the Zuni Mountains, Cibola County, New Mexico (1.16 MB PDF)
— Virginia T. McLemore and Christopher McKee, pp. 149-155. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.149 [ABSTRACT]
— Virginia T. McLemore and Christopher McKee, pp. 149-155. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.149 [ABSTRACT]
A preliminary note on some unusual explosion-collapse craters, Quemado basalt field, Catron County, New Mexico (434 KB PDF)
— Jerry M. Hoffer and L. LeRoy Corbitt, pp. 157-158. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.157 [ABSTRACT]
— Jerry M. Hoffer and L. LeRoy Corbitt, pp. 157-158. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.157 [ABSTRACT]
Stratigraphy, facies, and paleotectonic history of Mississippian rocks in the San Juan Basin of northwestern New Mexico and adjacent areas (1.20 MB PDF)
— Augustus K. Armstrong and Lee D. Holcomb, pp. 159-166. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.159 [ABSTRACT]
— Augustus K. Armstrong and Lee D. Holcomb, pp. 159-166. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.159 [ABSTRACT]
Stratigraphy and paleontology of a San Andres Formation (Permian, Leonardian) outlier, Zuni Indian Reservation, New Mexico (1.41 MB PDF)
— Barry S. Kues and Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 167-176. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.167 [ABSTRACT]
— Barry S. Kues and Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 167-176. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.167 [ABSTRACT]
Permian reference section for southeastern Zuni Mountains, Cibola County, New Mexico (632 KB PDF)
— Colpitts, Robert M., Jr., pp. 177-180. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.177 [ABSTRACT]
— Colpitts, Robert M., Jr., pp. 177-180. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.177 [ABSTRACT]
Calcareous microfossils from the Moenkopi Formation (Triassic, Scythian or Anisian) of central New Mexico (1.42 MB PDF)
— Kenneth K. Kietzke, pp. 181-190. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.181 [ABSTRACT]
— Kenneth K. Kietzke, pp. 181-190. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.181 [ABSTRACT]
Triassic stratigraphy of west-central New Mexico (2.96 MB PDF)
— Spencer G. Lucas and Steven N. Hayden, pp. 191-211. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.191 [ABSTRACT]
— Spencer G. Lucas and Steven N. Hayden, pp. 191-211. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.191 [ABSTRACT]
The upper Triassic Chinle flora of the Zuni Mountains, New Mexico (916 KB PDF)
— Sidney R. Ash, pp. 225-230. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.225 [ABSTRACT]
— Sidney R. Ash, pp. 225-230. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.225 [ABSTRACT]
Modifications to middle and upper Jurassic nomenclature in the southeastern San Juan Basin, New Mexico (1.18 MB PDF)
— Steven M. Condon, pp. 231-238. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.231 [ABSTRACT]
— Steven M. Condon, pp. 231-238. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.231 [ABSTRACT]
Selachians from the Hosta Tongue of the Point Lookout Sandstone (Upper Cretaceous, Santonian), central New Mexico (1.21 MB PDF)
— Thomas E. Williamson, Spencer G. Lucas, and Randy Pence, pp. 239-245. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.239 [ABSTRACT]
— Thomas E. Williamson, Spencer G. Lucas, and Randy Pence, pp. 239-245. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.239 [ABSTRACT]
Mid-Cretaceous molluscan record from west-central New Mexico (1.60 MB PDF)
— William A. Cobban and Stephen C. Hook, pp. 247-264. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.247 [ABSTRACT]
— William A. Cobban and Stephen C. Hook, pp. 247-264. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.247 [ABSTRACT]
Surface to subsurface correlation of the intertongued Dakota Sandstone-Mancos Shale (Upper Cretaceous) in the Zuni embayment, New Mexico (461 KB PDF)
— Donald E. Owen and Diane K. Sparks, pp. 265-267. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.265 [ABSTRACT]
— Donald E. Owen and Diane K. Sparks, pp. 265-267. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.265 [ABSTRACT]
Cenozoic basin-fill stratigraphy and depositional history of the Albuquerque Basin, central New Mexico (472 KB PDF)
— Richard P. Lozinsky, pp. 269-272. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.269 [ABSTRACT]
— Richard P. Lozinsky, pp. 269-272. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.269 [ABSTRACT]
Bidahochi Formation: An interpretative summary (838 KB PDF)
— David W. Love, pp. 273-280. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.273 [ABSTRACT]
— David W. Love, pp. 273-280. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.273 [ABSTRACT]
Preliminary report on a late Pleistocene microfauna from Whut Cave, Cibola County, New Mexico (631 KB PDF)
— Richard A. Smartt and David J. Hafner, pp. 281-285. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.281 [ABSTRACT]
— Richard A. Smartt and David J. Hafner, pp. 281-285. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.281 [ABSTRACT]
Petroleum exploration wells drilled in west-central New Mexico (1.06 MB PDF)
— Ronald F. Broadhead and Bruce A. Black, pp. 287-296. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.287 [ABSTRACT]
— Ronald F. Broadhead and Bruce A. Black, pp. 287-296. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.287 [ABSTRACT]
Ambrosia Lake, New Mexico--A giant uranium district (670 KB PDF)
— William L. Chenoweth, pp. 297-302. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.297 [ABSTRACT]
— William L. Chenoweth, pp. 297-302. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.297 [ABSTRACT]
Coal resources of the San Juan Basin (686 KB PDF)
— James E. Fassett, pp. 303-307. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.303 [ABSTRACT]
— James E. Fassett, pp. 303-307. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.303 [ABSTRACT]
Coal characteristics of major coal-bearing sequences, Gallup Field, northwestern New Mexico (797 KB PDF)
— Gretchen Hoffman Roybal, pp. 309-315. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.309 [ABSTRACT]
— Gretchen Hoffman Roybal, pp. 309-315. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.309 [ABSTRACT]
Base and precious metal deposits in the Zuni Mountains, Cibola County, New Mexico (474 KB PDF)
— Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 317-319. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.317 [ABSTRACT]
— Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 317-319. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.317 [ABSTRACT]
Grants--Home of much of New Mexico's pressed-earth block industry (459 KB PDF)
— George S. Austin and Edward W. Smith, pp. 321-324. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.321 [ABSTRACT]
— George S. Austin and Edward W. Smith, pp. 321-324. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.321 [ABSTRACT]
East Grants ridge--A mineral potpourri (677 KB PDF)
— James M. Barker, Virginia T. McLemore, Marc L. Wilson, and George S. Austin, pp. 325-329. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.325 [ABSTRACT]
— James M. Barker, Virginia T. McLemore, Marc L. Wilson, and George S. Austin, pp. 325-329. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.325 [ABSTRACT]
The San Andres-Glorieta aquifer in west-central New Mexico (612 KB PDF)
— William D. White and T. E. Kelly, pp. 331-335. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.331 [ABSTRACT]
— William D. White and T. E. Kelly, pp. 331-335. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.331 [ABSTRACT]
Geohydrologic and environmental indicators of a dewatered wetland: Ojo del Gallo, San Rafael, New Mexico (1.07 MB PDF)
— William D. White, pp. 337-345. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.337 [ABSTRACT]
— William D. White, pp. 337-345. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.337 [ABSTRACT]
Back Matter: (usually includes a stratigraphic column and/or correlation chart)
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Recommended Guidebook Citation:
- Anderson, O. J.; Lucas, S. G.; Love, D. W.; Cather, S. M.; [eds.], 1989, Southeastern Colorado Plateau, New Mexico Geological Society, Guidebook, 40th Annual Field Conference, 345 pp. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40