New Mexico Geological Society
Fall Field Conference Guidebook - 42
Geology of the Sierra Blanca, Sacramento and Capitan Ranges, New Mexico
James M. Barker, Barry S. Kues, George S. Austin and Spencer G. Lucas, eds., 1990, 450 pages.
The 1991 New Mexico Geological Society Fall Field Conference tours the south-central part of New Mexico after a 27-year hiatus (Guidebook 15). Topics in this guidebook range from several papers on the Precambrian, both as basement rocks and exposures, to Pleistocene glaciation. From discussions of the most basic and fundamental structures of the crust in this part of the world to the nuts-and-bolts of the economic potential for mineral development and to the history of Lincoln and Otero Counties. The first-day road log is from Inn of the Mountain Gods to Bent Dome, Tularosa, Alamogordo, Cloudcroft and return to Inn of the Mountain Gods. The second-day tour begins again at Inn of the Mountain Gods on to Hondo, Lincoln, Capitan and returns to Inn of the Mountain Gods. The third-day road log is from Inn of the Mountain Gods to Nogal, Carrizozo, White Oaks and Valley of Fires.
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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 Inn of the Mountain Gods to Bent Dome, Tularosa, Alamogordo, Cloudcroft and return to Inn of the Mountain Gods (18.82 MB PDF)
— Colpitts, Robert M., Jr., George S. Austin, James M. Barker, Paul W. Bauer, W. Richard Hahman, John W. Hawley, and Richard P. Lozinsky, pp. 1-25. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.1 [SUMMARY]
— Colpitts, Robert M., Jr., George S. Austin, James M. Barker, Paul W. Bauer, W. Richard Hahman, John W. Hawley, and Richard P. Lozinsky, pp. 1-25. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.1 [SUMMARY]
Mini-papers:
Climate of Cloudcroft-Ruidoso
— Jerry E. Mueller, pp. 2-3.
— Jerry E. Mueller, pp. 2-3.
A short history of the Old Virginia mine
— Paul W. Bauer, pp. 7.
— Paul W. Bauer, pp. 7.
Structure and basin-fill units of the Tularosa Basin
— Richard P. Lozinsky and Paul W. Bauer, pp. 7-9.
— Richard P. Lozinsky and Paul W. Bauer, pp. 7-9.
Geomorphology and environmental concerns along the Sacramento escarpment, eastern Alamogordo
— John W. Hawley, pp. 11-12.
— John W. Hawley, pp. 11-12.
Oliver Lee Memorial State Park
— Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 12-13.
— Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 12-13.
Late Pennsylvanian (Virgillian) phylloid-algal bioherms, Holder Formation, Dry Canyon
— Donald F Toomey, pp. 14-16.
— Donald F Toomey, pp. 14-16.
The "Cloud-Climbing Railroad"--The Alamogordo and Sacramento Mountain Railway
— Russell W. Jentgen, pp. 18-19.
— Russell W. Jentgen, pp. 18-19.
Additional comments on the "Cloud-Climbing Railroad"
— Allen L. Bowman, pp. 19-20.
— Allen L. Bowman, pp. 19-20.
Cloudcroft, New Mexico: "The breathing spot of the southwest"
— Spencer. Wilson, pp. 20-22.
— Spencer. Wilson, pp. 20-22.
Engineering geology of karst collapse features in a highway roadcut quarry, Otero County, New Mexico
— W. Richard Hahman and Robert M. Colpitts, pp. 24-24.
— W. Richard Hahman and Robert M. Colpitts, pp. 24-24.
Second-day road log: From Inn of the Mountain Gods to Hondo, Lincoln, Capitan and return to Inn of the Mountain Gods (14.05 MB PDF)
— Steven M. Cather, Spencer G. Lucas, Virginia T. McLemore, and Colpitts, Robert M., Jr., pp. 27-46. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.27 [SUMMARY]
— Steven M. Cather, Spencer G. Lucas, Virginia T. McLemore, and Colpitts, Robert M., Jr., pp. 27-46. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.27 [SUMMARY]
Mini-papers:
Pajarita Mountain yttrium-zirconium deposit, Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation, Otero County, New Mexico
— Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 30-32.
— Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 30-32.
Evaluation of basement control on the formation of the northern Tinnie fold belt, southeastern Lincoln County, New Mexico
— David M. Burt, pp. 33-35.
— David M. Burt, pp. 33-35.
The Lincoln County war and the legend of Billy the Kid
— Marjorie H. Austin, pp. 35-36.
— Marjorie H. Austin, pp. 35-36.
Tectonic overview of the Ruidoso region
— Steven M. Cather, pp. 37-39.
— Steven M. Cather, pp. 37-39.
Smokey Bear Historical State Park
— Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 40.
— Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 40.
Southeasternmost outcrops of the Morrison Formation, Capitan, Lincoln County, New Mexico
— Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 41.
— Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 41.
Notes on the Smokey mine, Capitan iron deposits, Lincoln County, New Mexico
— Clay T. Smith, pp. 42-44.
— Clay T. Smith, pp. 42-44.
Third-day road log: From Inn of the Mountain Gods to Nogal, Carrizozo, White Oaks and Valley of Fires (17.06 MB PDF)
— Spencer G. Lucas, Virginia T. McLemore, Adrian P. Hunt, Michael S. Allen, Steven M. Cather, and Mark Ouimette, pp. 47-70. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.47 [SUMMARY]
— Spencer G. Lucas, Virginia T. McLemore, Adrian P. Hunt, Michael S. Allen, Steven M. Cather, and Mark Ouimette, pp. 47-70. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.47 [SUMMARY]
Mini-papers:
Ore mineralogy and paragenesis, Great Western Mine, Lincoln County, New Mexico
— Sheryl L. Eng, pp. 51-52.
— Sheryl L. Eng, pp. 51-52.
History of coal mining in the Sierra Blanca Coal Field, Lincoln and Otero Counties, New Mexico
— Edward S. Slagle, pp. 54-57.
— Edward S. Slagle, pp. 54-57.
Vegetation and plant communities of Lincoln County, New Mexico
— Paul J. Knight, pp. 58.
— Paul J. Knight, pp. 58.
Captive mountain waters
— Russell W. Jentgen, pp. 58.
— Russell W. Jentgen, pp. 58.
White Oaks: Gold, coal and scandal, but no railroad
— Spencer Wilson, pp. 60-61.
— Spencer Wilson, pp. 60-61.
Gallinas Mountains mining district, New Mexico
— Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 62-63.
— Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 62-63.
Some primary directional features of the Holocene Carrizozo, (Valley of Fires) pahoehoe basalt flow, Lincoln County, New Mexico
— Wolfgang E. Elston, pp. 70.
— Wolfgang E. Elston, pp. 70.
Supplemental road log: From junction of US-380 and NM-37 to Capitan (3.18 MB PDF)
— Steven M. Cather and Wolfgang E. Elston, pp. 71-75. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.71 [SUMMARY]
— Steven M. Cather and Wolfgang E. Elston, pp. 71-75. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.71 [SUMMARY]
Mini-papers:
The Capitan dike-and-sill swarm (Lincoln County, New Mexico) revisited
— Wolfgang E. Elston, pp. 72-74.
— Wolfgang E. Elston, pp. 72-74.
Roadlog References:
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Papers:
Some effects of the Precambrian basement on the development of the Sacramento Mountains (4.52 MB PDF)
— Arthur L. Bowsher, pp. 81-89. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.81 [ABSTRACT]
— Arthur L. Bowsher, pp. 81-89. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.81 [ABSTRACT]
Geology of Proterozoic outcrops in Dead Man and Little San Nicolas Canyons, southern San Andres Mountains, New Mexico (3.88 MB PDF)
— Pamela J. Roths, pp. 91-96. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.91 [ABSTRACT]
— Pamela J. Roths, pp. 91-96. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.91 [ABSTRACT]
Geological, geochemical and isotopic characteristics of the Lincoln County porphyry belt, New Mexico: Implications for regional tectonics and mineral deposits (13.49 MB PDF)
— Michael S. Allen and Eugene E. Foord, pp. 97-113. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.97 [ABSTRACT]
— Michael S. Allen and Eugene E. Foord, pp. 97-113. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.97 [ABSTRACT]
The geology and petrogenesis of the Capitan Pluton, New Mexico (9.29 MB PDF)
— Michael S. Allen and Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 115-127. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.115 [ABSTRACT]
— Michael S. Allen and Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 115-127. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.115 [ABSTRACT]
Th-U-REE quartz/fluroite veins, Capitan Pluton, New Mexico: Evidence for a magmatic/hydrothermal origin (6.21 MB PDF)
— Randall S. Phillips, Andrew R. Campbell, and Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 129-136. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.129 [ABSTRACT]
— Randall S. Phillips, Andrew R. Campbell, and Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 129-136. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.129 [ABSTRACT]
Structure and igneous rocks of the Ruidoso region, New Mexico (6.51 MB PDF)
— Samuel L. Moore, Tommy B. Thompson, and Eugene E. Foord, pp. 137-145. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.137 [ABSTRACT]
— Samuel L. Moore, Tommy B. Thompson, and Eugene E. Foord, pp. 137-145. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.137 [ABSTRACT]
The Carrizo Mountain stock and associated intrusions, Lincoln County, New Mexico (4.44 MB PDF)
— David J. Pertl and Joseph C. Cepeda, pp. 147-152. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.147 [ABSTRACT]
— David J. Pertl and Joseph C. Cepeda, pp. 147-152. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.147 [ABSTRACT]
A possible mid-Holocene age of the Carrizozo Malpais from paleomagnetics using secular variation magnetostratigraphy (3.63 MB PDF)
— Stephen L. Salyards, pp. 153-157. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.153 [ABSTRACT]
— Stephen L. Salyards, pp. 153-157. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.153 [ABSTRACT]
Evolution of the late Cenozoic Jornado volcano, south-central New Mexico (3.12 MB PDF)
— Jerry M. Hoffer and L. LeRoy Corbitt, pp. 159-163. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.159 [ABSTRACT]
— Jerry M. Hoffer and L. LeRoy Corbitt, pp. 159-163. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.159 [ABSTRACT]
Origin of folds in the Permian Yeso Formation, Lincoln, New Mexico (3.70 MB PDF)
— Walter Yuras, pp. 165-170. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.165 [ABSTRACT]
— Walter Yuras, pp. 165-170. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.165 [ABSTRACT]
Geology of the Bent Dome, Otero County, New Mexico (2.57 MB PDF)
— Eugene E. Foord and Michael L. Moore, pp. 171-174. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.171 [ABSTRACT]
— Eugene E. Foord and Michael L. Moore, pp. 171-174. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.171 [ABSTRACT]
The Bent Dome--Part of a major Paleozoic uplift in southern New Mexico (5.60 MB PDF)
— Paul W. Bauer and Richard P. Lozinsky, pp. 175-181. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.175 [ABSTRACT]
— Paul W. Bauer and Richard P. Lozinsky, pp. 175-181. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.175 [ABSTRACT]
Structural data from the Joyita uplift: Implications for Ancestral Rocky Mountain deformation within central and southern New Mexico (6.12 MB PDF)
— William C. Beck and Charles E. Chapin, pp. 183-190. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.183 [ABSTRACT]
— William C. Beck and Charles E. Chapin, pp. 183-190. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.183 [ABSTRACT]
A geophysical analysis of crustal structure in the Ruidoso area (4.50 MB PDF)
— Donald G. Roberts, Donald C. Adams, and G. Randy Keller, pp. 191-197. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.191 [ABSTRACT]
— Donald G. Roberts, Donald C. Adams, and G. Randy Keller, pp. 191-197. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.191 [ABSTRACT]
A preliminary assessment of the seismic hazard of the southern Rio Grande rift, New Mexico (3.12 MB PDF)
— Stephen L. Salyards, pp. 199-202. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.199 [ABSTRACT]
— Stephen L. Salyards, pp. 199-202. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.199 [ABSTRACT]
Eustatic and tectonic controls on cyclic sediment accumulation patterns in lower-middle Pennsylvanian strata of the Orogrande Basin, New Mexico (6.65 MB PDF)
— Thomas J. Algeo, James L. Wilson, and Kyger C. Lohmann, pp. 203-212. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.203 [ABSTRACT]
— Thomas J. Algeo, James L. Wilson, and Kyger C. Lohmann, pp. 203-212. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.203 [ABSTRACT]
Late Pennsylvanian phylloid-algal bioherms, Orogrande Basin, south-central New Mexico and west Texas (5.96 MB PDF)
— Donald F Toomey, pp. 213-220. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.213 [ABSTRACT]
— Donald F Toomey, pp. 213-220. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.213 [ABSTRACT]
Some gastropods from the lower Wolfcampian (Basal Permian) Laborcita Formation, Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico (7.92 MB PDF)
— Barry S. Kues, pp. 221-230. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.221 [ABSTRACT]
— Barry S. Kues, pp. 221-230. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.221 [ABSTRACT]
Some pelecypods and scaphopods from the lower Wolfcampian (Basal Permian) Laborcita Formation, Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico (9.08 MB PDF)
— Barry S. Kues, pp. 231-242. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.231 [ABSTRACT]
— Barry S. Kues, pp. 231-242. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.231 [ABSTRACT]
Triassic stratigraphy, paleontology and correlation, south-central New Mexico (10.65 MB PDF)
— Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 243-259. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.243 [ABSTRACT]
— Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 243-259. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.243 [ABSTRACT]
Cretaceous Dakota Group outlier, Sacramento Mountains, Otero County, New Mexico (2.09 MB PDF)
— Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 261-264. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.261 [ABSTRACT]
— Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 261-264. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.261 [ABSTRACT]
Stratigraphy and provenance of upper Cretaceous and Paleogene strata of the western Sierra Blanca Basin, New Mexico (7.28 MB PDF)
— Steven M. Cather, pp. 265-275. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.265 [ABSTRACT]
— Steven M. Cather, pp. 265-275. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.265 [ABSTRACT]
Mammuthus from Linclon County and review of the mammoths from the Pleistocene of New Mexico (4.11 MB PDF)
— Spencer G. Lucas and James A. Effinger, pp. 277-282. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.277 [ABSTRACT]
— Spencer G. Lucas and James A. Effinger, pp. 277-282. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.277 [ABSTRACT]
Tectono-metallogenic maps of mining districts in the Lincoln County porhyry belt New Mexico (4.14 MB PDF)
— Lee A. Woodward, pp. 283-290. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.283 [ABSTRACT]
— Lee A. Woodward, pp. 283-290. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.283 [ABSTRACT]
Geology of mineralization and associated alteration in the Capitan Mountains, Lincoln County, New Mexico (4.86 MB PDF)
— Virginia T. McLemore and Randall S. Phillips, pp. 291-298. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.291 [ABSTRACT]
— Virginia T. McLemore and Randall S. Phillips, pp. 291-298. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.291 [ABSTRACT]
A geochemical survey of ferrous and selected base metals in the eastern half of the Capitan Mountains, Lincoln County, New Mexico (4.41 MB PDF)
— Scott T. Ellinger and Joseph C. Cepeda, pp. 299-304. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.299 [ABSTRACT]
— Scott T. Ellinger and Joseph C. Cepeda, pp. 299-304. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.299 [ABSTRACT]
Base-and precious-metal deposits in Lincoln and Otero Counties, New Mexico (4.25 MB PDF)
— Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 305-309. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.305 [ABSTRACT]
— Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 305-309. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.305 [ABSTRACT]
Preliminary observations on the mining history, geology, mineralization of the Jicarilla mining district, Lincoln County, New Mexico (3.95 MB PDF)
— Virginia T. McLemore, Mark Ouimette, and Robert W. Eveleth, pp. 311-316. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.311 [ABSTRACT]
— Virginia T. McLemore, Mark Ouimette, and Robert W. Eveleth, pp. 311-316. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.311 [ABSTRACT]
Fluid inclusion investigation of the mid-Tertiary Helen Rae gold mine, Nogal district, New Mexico (3.60 MB PDF)
— Andrew R. Campbell, James A. Porter, and Scott E. Douglass, pp. 317-321. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.317 [ABSTRACT]
— Andrew R. Campbell, James A. Porter, and Scott E. Douglass, pp. 317-321. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.317 [ABSTRACT]
Gold mineralization associated with alkali trachyte breccia in the Gallinas mining district, Lincoln County, New Mexico (2.39 MB PDF)
— Lee A. Woodward and Michael S. Fulp, pp. 323-325. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.323 [ABSTRACT]
— Lee A. Woodward and Michael S. Fulp, pp. 323-325. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.323 [ABSTRACT]
The Mudpuppy-Waterdog prospect, an alkalic copper-gold porphyry system in the Nogal-Bonito mining district, Lincoln County, New Mexico (1.59 MB PDF)
— Michael S. Fulp and Lee A. Woodward, pp. 327-328. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.327 [ABSTRACT]
— Michael S. Fulp and Lee A. Woodward, pp. 327-328. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.327 [ABSTRACT]
Geology of the Vera Cruz mine and breccia pipe, Lincoln County, New Mexico (2.60 MB PDF)
— George E. Ryberg, pp. 329-332. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.329 [ABSTRACT]
— George E. Ryberg, pp. 329-332. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.329 [ABSTRACT]
Late Pleistocene rock glaciers in the western part of the Capitan Mountains, Lincoln County, New Mexico: Description, age and climatic significance (4.32 MB PDF)
— John W. Blagbrough, pp. 333-338. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.333 [ABSTRACT]
— John W. Blagbrough, pp. 333-338. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.333 [ABSTRACT]
Water resources of the Ruidoso-Carrizozo-Tularosa areas, Lincoln and Otero Counties, New Mexico (3.21 MB PDF)
— Newcomer, Robert W., Jr. and John W. Shomaker, pp. 339-341. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.339 [ABSTRACT]
— Newcomer, Robert W., Jr. and John W. Shomaker, pp. 339-341. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.339 [ABSTRACT]
Cimarron mill, Carrizozo, New Mexico: A typical superfund site? (2.54 MB PDF)
— Lynn A. Brandvold, pp. 353-355. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.353 [ABSTRACT]
— Lynn A. Brandvold, pp. 353-355. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.353 [ABSTRACT]
Potential environmental threats in old mining areas--The High Rolls (Sacramento) mining district (3.92 MB PDF)
— Margaret Anne Rogers, William L. Mansker, and Donald W. (Pete) Peters, pp. 357-361. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.357 [ABSTRACT]
— Margaret Anne Rogers, William L. Mansker, and Donald W. (Pete) Peters, pp. 357-361. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42.357 [ABSTRACT]
Back Matter: (usually includes a stratigraphic column and/or correlation chart)
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Recommended Guidebook Citation:
- Barker, J. M.; Kues, B. S.; Austin, G. S.; Lucas, S. G.; [eds.], 1991, Geology of the Sierra Blanca, Sacramento, and Capitan Ranges, New Mexico, New Mexico Geological Society, Guidebook, 42nd Annual Field Conference, 361 pp. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42