New Mexico Geological Society
Fall Field Conference Guidebook - 51
Southwest Passage-A trip through the Phanerozoic
Timothy F. Lawton, Nancy J. McMillan and Virginia T. McLemore, eds, 2000, 282 pages.
Welcome to the Southwest Passage, the arid steppes and mountains of southwestern New Mexico's Basin-and-Range Province. Dry and windy, high and lonesome: this region's descriptors do not elicit comfort, yet the area has been a key crossroads as long as we have knowledge of human transit. The first day route traverses the Pyramid Mountains near Lordsburg to visit the Lordsburg mining district, ash-flow tuffs in the range, and hydrothermal sites associated with the western range-bounding fault. The second day features the Little Hatchet Mountains, with an overview of the Eureka mining district in the northern part of the range, an assessment of recent discoveries and advances in the Mesozoic stratigraphy and igneous history, and a stop at a skarn deposit formed at an intrusive contact of Tertiary granite and Paleozoic carbonate rocks. The third day route visists Cambrian alkalic basement exposures and low angle faults of controversial nature in the Florida Mountains. There is also a supplemental roadlog from Lordsburg to Redrock, Ash Creek and Jack Creek in the northern Burro Mountains to examine Proterozoic rocks.
Best Guidebook Award, 2001 — Geoscience Information Society
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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 Lordsburg to Ruth Mine (Lordsburg district) to Twelve Mile Hill to Rock House Canyon (Pyramid Mountains) to Burgett's Greenhouses (Animas Valley) to Steins (Peloncillo Mountains) (5.01 MB PDF)
— V. T. McLemore, W. C. McIntosh, and J. W. Hawley, pp. 1-16. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.1 [SUMMARY]
— V. T. McLemore, W. C. McIntosh, and J. W. Hawley, pp. 1-16. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.1 [SUMMARY]
Mini-papers:
The Lordsburg mining district, Hidalgo County, New Mexico
— J. L. White, pp. 3-4.
— J. L. White, pp. 3-4.
40Ar/39Ar geochronology of igneous rocks in the Lordsburg mining district, Northern Pyramid Mountains, Hidalgo County, New Mexico
— Virginia T. McLemore, Lisa Peters, and Matt T. Heizler, pp. 6-8.
— Virginia T. McLemore, Lisa Peters, and Matt T. Heizler, pp. 6-8.
Second-day road log, from Lordsburg to Deming via Little Hatchet Mountains and Victorio Mountains (4.30 MB PDF)
— T. F. Lawton, N. J. McMillan, V. T. McLemore, and J. W. Hawley, pp. 17-30. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.17 [SUMMARY]
— T. F. Lawton, N. J. McMillan, V. T. McLemore, and J. W. Hawley, pp. 17-30. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.17 [SUMMARY]
Mini-papers:
The Eureka mining district, Grant County, New Mexico
— Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 21-22.
— Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 21-22.
Dinosaur skin impressions from the Upper Cretaceous Ringbone Formation, Little Hatchet Mountains, New Mexico
— Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 26-27.
— Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 26-27.
Third-day road log, from Deming to Victorio Canyon and the southern Florida Mountains (4.49 MB PDF)
— Nancy J. McMillan, Virginia T. McLemore, Jeffrey M. Amato, John W. Hawley, and Katherine A. Giles, pp. 31-44. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.31 [SUMMARY]
— Nancy J. McMillan, Virginia T. McLemore, Jeffrey M. Amato, John W. Hawley, and Katherine A. Giles, pp. 31-44. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.31 [SUMMARY]
Mini-papers:
Rockhound State Park and Spring Canyon Recreation Area
— Virginia T. McLemore, Nelia W. Dunbar, and W. C. McIntosh, pp. 33-34.
— Virginia T. McLemore, Nelia W. Dunbar, and W. C. McIntosh, pp. 33-34.
Florida Mountains mining district, Luna County, New Mexico
— Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 35.
— Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 35.
Cambrian tectonics of New Mexico and Colorado
— Nancy J. McMillan, Virginia T. McLemore, and Sheryl D. Erwin, pp. 37-39.
— Nancy J. McMillan, Virginia T. McLemore, and Sheryl D. Erwin, pp. 37-39.
The Tres Hermanas mining district, Luna County, New Mexico
— Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 40-41.
— Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 40-41.
Pancho Villa State Park
— Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 43-44.
— Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 43-44.
Supplemental road log 1, from Lordsburg to Redrock to Ash Creek in the northern Burro Mountains, New Mexico (1.87 MB PDF)
— Virginia T. McLemore, O. Tapani Ramo, and Paula J. Kosunen, pp. 45-50. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.45 [SUMMARY]
— Virginia T. McLemore, O. Tapani Ramo, and Paula J. Kosunen, pp. 45-50. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.45 [SUMMARY]
Supplemental road log 2: From Lordsburg to Duncan, Arizona, and Steeple Rock district, New Mexico and Arizona (4.54 MB PDF)
— Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 51-65. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.51 [SUMMARY]
— Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 51-65. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.51 [SUMMARY]
Mini-papers:
Milling and smelting at the Steeple Rock mining district
— Ibrahim H. Gundiler, pp. 60-61.
— Ibrahim H. Gundiler, pp. 60-61.
Roadlog References:
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Papers:
Implications of recent geophysical studies of the Big Hatchet Mountains area, southwestern New Mexico (2.31 MB PDF)
— David L. Shearer and Kate C. Miller, pp. 71-74. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.71 [ABSTRACT]
— David L. Shearer and Kate C. Miller, pp. 71-74. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.71 [ABSTRACT]
Crustal structure determined from a new wide-angle seismic profile in southwestern New Mexico (1.33 MB PDF)
— Steven Harder and G. Randy Keller, pp. 75-78. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.75 [ABSTRACT]
— Steven Harder and G. Randy Keller, pp. 75-78. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.75 [ABSTRACT]
Rift basin structure in the Border region of northern Chihuahua (1.74 MB PDF)
— Alberto J. Jiminez and G. Randy Keller, pp. 79-83. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.79 [ABSTRACT]
— Alberto J. Jiminez and G. Randy Keller, pp. 79-83. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.79 [ABSTRACT]
Aptian-Albian extensional faulting and subsequent Laramide inversion, central Peloncillo Mountains, southwestern NM (3.24 MB PDF)
— German Bayona and Timothy F. Lawton, pp. 85-94. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.85 [ABSTRACT]
— German Bayona and Timothy F. Lawton, pp. 85-94. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.85 [ABSTRACT]
Inversion of Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous extensional faults of the Bisbee Basin, southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico (2.69 MB PDF)
— Timothy F. Lawton, pp. 95-102. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.95 [ABSTRACT]
— Timothy F. Lawton, pp. 95-102. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.95 [ABSTRACT]
Structural relationships in the Florida Mountains, southwestern New Mexico-A review (1.99 MB PDF)
— Jeffrey M. Amato, pp. 103-108. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.103 [ABSTRACT]
— Jeffrey M. Amato, pp. 103-108. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.103 [ABSTRACT]
Structural geology and Laramide tectonics of the Little Hatchet Mountains, southwestern New Mexico (2.73 MB PDF)
— Scott A. Hodgson, pp. 109-116. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.109 [ABSTRACT]
— Scott A. Hodgson, pp. 109-116. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.109 [ABSTRACT]
Geology and geochemistry of Proterozoic granitic and mafic rocks in the Redrock area, northern Burro Mountains, Grant County, New Mexico-A progress report (3.17 MB PDF)
— Virginia T. McLemore, O. Tapani Ramo, Paula J. Kosunen, Matt Heizler, Ilmari Haapala, and Christopher McKee, pp. 117-126. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.117 [ABSTRACT]
— Virginia T. McLemore, O. Tapani Ramo, Paula J. Kosunen, Matt Heizler, Ilmari Haapala, and Christopher McKee, pp. 117-126. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.117 [ABSTRACT]
Volcanic stratigraphy, geochemistry, and structure of the Steeple Rock district, Grant County, New Mexico, and Greenlee County, Arizona (4.47 MB PDF)
— Virginia T. McLemore, William C. McIntosh, and Robert Appelt, pp. 127-140. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.127 [ABSTRACT]
— Virginia T. McLemore, William C. McIntosh, and Robert Appelt, pp. 127-140. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.127 [ABSTRACT]
Magmatic history of the Little Hatchet Mountains, Hidalgo and Grant counties, southwestern New Mexico (2.19 MB PDF)
— Ryan Channell, Nancy J. McMillan, Timothy F. Lawton, Matt Heizler, Richard P. Esser, and Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 141-148. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.141 [ABSTRACT]
— Ryan Channell, Nancy J. McMillan, Timothy F. Lawton, Matt Heizler, Richard P. Esser, and Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 141-148. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.141 [ABSTRACT]
Volcanology, geochemistry and structural geology of the Upper Cretaceous Hidalgo Formation, southwestern New Mexico (2.72 MB PDF)
— John R. Young, Nancy J. McMillan, Timothy F. Lawton, and Richard P. Esser, pp. 149-156. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.149 [ABSTRACT]
— John R. Young, Nancy J. McMillan, Timothy F. Lawton, and Richard P. Esser, pp. 149-156. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.149 [ABSTRACT]
Chronology and geochemistry of the Boot Heel volcanic field, New Mexico (4.81 MB PDF)
— William C. McIntosh and Charles Bryan, pp. 157-174. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.157 [ABSTRACT]
— William C. McIntosh and Charles Bryan, pp. 157-174. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.157 [ABSTRACT]
Stratigraphy of the Bisbee Group (Jurassic-Cretaceous), Little Hatchet Mountains, New Mexico (5.95 MB PDF)
— Spencer G. Lucas and Timothy F. Lawton, pp. 175-194. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.175 [ABSTRACT]
— Spencer G. Lucas and Timothy F. Lawton, pp. 175-194. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.175 [ABSTRACT]
Lower Cretaceous ammonites from southwestern New Mexico (2.14 MB PDF)
— Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 195-201. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.195 [ABSTRACT]
— Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 195-201. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.195 [ABSTRACT]
The Upper Cretaceous Ringbone Formation, Little Hatchet Mountains, southwestern New Mexico (2.66 MB PDF)
— George T. Basabilvazo, pp. 203-210. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.203 [ABSTRACT]
— George T. Basabilvazo, pp. 203-210. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.203 [ABSTRACT]
Biostratigraphic significance of late Neogene vertebrate fossils from the Gila Group, Pearson Mesa, southwestern New mexico and southeastern Arizona (3.29 MB PDF)
— Gary S. Morgan and Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 211-220. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.211 [ABSTRACT]
— Gary S. Morgan and Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 211-220. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.211 [ABSTRACT]
Challenges of Basin and Range hydrogeology-examples from Hidalgo County, New Mexico (1.82 MB PDF)
— William J. Stone, pp. 221-225. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.221 [ABSTRACT]
— William J. Stone, pp. 221-225. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.221 [ABSTRACT]
Some notes on the hydrogeology and ground-water quality of the Animas Basin system, southwestern New Mexico (2.26 MB PDF)
— Barry J. Hibbs, Monica M. Lee, John W. Hawley, and John F. Kennedy, pp. 227-234. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.227 [ABSTRACT]
— Barry J. Hibbs, Monica M. Lee, John W. Hawley, and John F. Kennedy, pp. 227-234. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.227 [ABSTRACT]
The hydrogeologic framework of basin-fill aquifers and associated ground-water-flow systems in southwestern New Mexico-An overview (3.42 MB PDF)
— John F. Kennedy, John W. Hawley, and Molly M. Johnson, pp. 235-244. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.235 [ABSTRACT]
— John F. Kennedy, John W. Hawley, and Molly M. Johnson, pp. 235-244. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.235 [ABSTRACT]
Geology and mineral resources of the Wild Horse Mesa area, Burro Mountains, Grant County, New Mexico (2.29 MB PDF)
— Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 245-252. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.245 [ABSTRACT]
— Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 245-252. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.245 [ABSTRACT]
Geology and mineral occurrences of the mineral districts of Hidalgo County, southern New Mexico (3.82 MB PDF)
— Virginia T. McLemore and Wolf E. Elston, pp. 253-262. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.253 [ABSTRACT]
— Virginia T. McLemore and Wolf E. Elston, pp. 253-262. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.253 [ABSTRACT]
The Hidalgo Smelter (1.12 MB PDF)
— Ibrahim H. Gundiler, pp. 263-266. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.263 [ABSTRACT]
— Ibrahim H. Gundiler, pp. 263-266. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.263 [ABSTRACT]
Geology and mineral deposits of the Victorio mining district, Luna County, New Mexico-Preliminary observations (3.92 MB PDF)
— Virginia T. McLemore, Nelia Dunbar, Matt Heizler, and Kelly Donahue, pp. 267-278. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.267 [ABSTRACT]
— Virginia T. McLemore, Nelia Dunbar, Matt Heizler, and Kelly Donahue, pp. 267-278. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.267 [ABSTRACT]
Brief history of Deming-area mills and manganese stockpiles (1.04 MB PDF)
— Ibrahim H. Gundiler, pp. 279-281. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.279 [ABSTRACT]
— Ibrahim H. Gundiler, pp. 279-281. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51.279 [ABSTRACT]
Back Matter: (usually includes a stratigraphic column and/or correlation chart)
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Recommended Guidebook Citation:
- Lawton, T. F.; McMillan, N. J.; McLemore, V. T.; [eds.], 2000, Southwest Passage: A trip through the Phanerozoic, New Mexico Geological Society, Guidebook, 51st Annual Field Conference, 282 pp. ISBN: 9781585460861 https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-51