New Mexico Geological Society
Fall Field Conference Guidebook - 54
Geology of the Zuni Plateau
Spencer G. Lucas, Steven C. Semken, William Berglof, Dana Ulmer-Scholle, eds, 2003, 425 pages.
In the summer of 1884, Clarence Dutton (1841-1912), working for a young U. S. Geological Survey, spent two months in west-central New Mexico doing geological field work to produce a map and report on the geology of what he termed the "Zuni Plateau." This area covered approximately 7700 square miles and extended from the Rio Puerco on the east to the Arizona-New Mexico border on the west, and from Zuni Pueblo on the south to the southern end of the Chuska Mountains on the north. Dutton's report stands as a remarkable classic of New Mexico geology. Its mapping, stratigraphy and volcanology provided a solid basis for all subsequent geologic studies in the region. The first day's trip takes us around the southern flank of the Defiance uplift, back over into the southwestern San Juan Basin and ends at the Hogback monocline in Gallup. The trip emphasizes Mesozoic-especially Jurassic-stratigraphy and sedimentation in the Defiance uplift region. The second day focuses on a detailed examination of the Triassic-Jurassic section of sedimentary rocks exposed on the northern flank (dipslope) of the Zuni Mountains. This is a classic section, first described by Clarence Dutton in 1885. The field conference ends focusing on the uranium mining, mill site and tailings reclamation of the Homestake Mining Company and the late Cenozoic volcanic rocks to the northwest of Grants.
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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 Gallup to Gamerco, Yah-Ta-Hey, Window Rock, Fort Defiance, Navajo, Todilto Park, Crystal, Narbona Pass, Sheep Springs, Tohatchi and Gallup (27.11 MB PDF)
— Spencer G. Lucas, Steven C. Semken, Andrew B. Heckert, William R. Berglof, Gretchen Hoffman, Barry S. Kues, Larry S. Crumpler, and Jayne C. Aubele, pp. 1-34. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.1 [SUMMARY]
— Spencer G. Lucas, Steven C. Semken, Andrew B. Heckert, William R. Berglof, Gretchen Hoffman, Barry S. Kues, Larry S. Crumpler, and Jayne C. Aubele, pp. 1-34. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.1 [SUMMARY]
Second-day road log, from Gallup to Fort Wingate, Sixmile Canyon, Ciniza, Red Rock Park, Church Rock, White Mesa, Thoreau and Grants (28.93 MB PDF)
— Spencer G. Lucas, Andrew B. Heckert, William R. Berglof, Barry S. Kues, Larry S. Crumpler, Jayne C. Aubele, Virginia T. McLemore, Donald E. Owen, and Steven C. Semken, pp. 35-68. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.35 [SUMMARY]
— Spencer G. Lucas, Andrew B. Heckert, William R. Berglof, Barry S. Kues, Larry S. Crumpler, Jayne C. Aubele, Virginia T. McLemore, Donald E. Owen, and Steven C. Semken, pp. 35-68. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.35 [SUMMARY]
Third-day road log, from Grants to Milan, Homestake Mining Company, Dos Lomas, Haystack Mountain and El Tintero (13.76 MB PDF)
— Spencer G. Lucas, Andrew B. Heckert, William R. Berglof, Larry S. Crumpler, Jayne C. Aubele, Barry S. Kues, and Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 69-83. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.69 [SUMMARY]
— Spencer G. Lucas, Andrew B. Heckert, William R. Berglof, Larry S. Crumpler, Jayne C. Aubele, Barry S. Kues, and Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 69-83. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.69 [SUMMARY]
Supplemental road log 1: From Grants to eastern margin of El Malpais, Sandstone Bluffs Overlook, and McCartys lava flow (9.88 MB PDF)
— Larry S. Crumpler, Jayne C. Aubele, Spencer G. Lucas, and Andrew B. Heckert, pp. 85-91. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.85 [SUMMARY]
— Larry S. Crumpler, Jayne C. Aubele, Spencer G. Lucas, and Andrew B. Heckert, pp. 85-91. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.85 [SUMMARY]
Supplemental road log 2: Lobo Canyon, from Grants to San Mateo to Milan (451 KB PDF)
— Patricia B. Jackson Paul and Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 92-94. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.92 [SUMMARY]
— Patricia B. Jackson Paul and Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 92-94. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.92 [SUMMARY]
Roadlog References:
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Papers:
A Navajo-English thesaurus of geological terms (287 KB PDF)
— Alfred Blackhorse, Steven Semken, and Perry Charley, pp. 103-107. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.103 [ABSTRACT]
— Alfred Blackhorse, Steven Semken, and Perry Charley, pp. 103-107. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.103 [ABSTRACT]
Proterozoic evolution of the Zuni Mountains, western New Mexico: Relationship to the Jemez lineament and implications for a complex cooling history (3.92 MB PDF)
— Diana Strickland, Matthew T. Heizler, Jane Selverstone, and Karl E. Karlstrom, pp. 109-117. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.109 [ABSTRACT]
— Diana Strickland, Matthew T. Heizler, Jane Selverstone, and Karl E. Karlstrom, pp. 109-117. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.109 [ABSTRACT]
Polyphase Laramide tectonism and sedimentation in the San Juan Basin, New Mexico (2.36 MB PDF)
— Steven M. Cather, pp. 119-132. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.119 [ABSTRACT]
— Steven M. Cather, pp. 119-132. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.119 [ABSTRACT]
Black Rocks Protruding Up: The Navajo Volcanic Field (2.41 MB PDF)
— Steven Semken, pp. 133-138. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.133 [ABSTRACT]
— Steven Semken, pp. 133-138. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.133 [ABSTRACT]
Geology and petrogenesis of magmatic veins at El Porticito volcanic vent, Catron County (2.52 MB PDF)
— Robert R. Horning, Nelia W. Dunbar, W. Scott Baldridge, and Philip R. Kyle, pp. 139-154. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.139 [ABSTRACT]
— Robert R. Horning, Nelia W. Dunbar, W. Scott Baldridge, and Philip R. Kyle, pp. 139-154. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.139 [ABSTRACT]
Natural scoria cone half-section, East Grants Ridge: A test of basalt pyroclastic eruption models (7.12 MB PDF)
— L. S. Crumpler, pp. 155-164. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.155 [ABSTRACT]
— L. S. Crumpler, pp. 155-164. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.155 [ABSTRACT]
Uranium resources in the San Juan Basin, New Mexico (5.60 MB PDF)
— Virginia T. McLemore and William L. Chenoweth, pp. 165-177. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.165 [ABSTRACT]
— Virginia T. McLemore and William L. Chenoweth, pp. 165-177. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.165 [ABSTRACT]
Economic geology of the Todilto Formation (4.95 MB PDF)
— William R. Berglof and Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 179-189. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.179 [ABSTRACT]
— William R. Berglof and Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 179-189. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.179 [ABSTRACT]
Hydrostratigraphy, hydrodynamics, and hydrochemistry--Geologic controls of ground-water phenomena in the San Juan Basin (1.96 MB PDF)
— William J. Stone, pp. 191-195. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.191 [ABSTRACT]
— William J. Stone, pp. 191-195. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.191 [ABSTRACT]
Late Holocene behavior of small drainage basins on the Colorado Plateau: Influences of lithology, basin form, and climate change (6.87 MB PDF)
— Anne Tillery, Peter Fawcett, Les McFadden, Louis Scuderi, and Joseph McAuliffe, pp. 197-207. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.197 [ABSTRACT]
— Anne Tillery, Peter Fawcett, Les McFadden, Louis Scuderi, and Joseph McAuliffe, pp. 197-207. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.197 [ABSTRACT]
Clarence Dutton's stratigraphy of west-central New Mexico (17.54 MB PDF)
— Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 209-217. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.209 [ABSTRACT]
— Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 209-217. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.209 [ABSTRACT]
Upper Pennsylvanian strata in the Zuni Mountains, west-central New Mexico (26.66 MB PDF)
— Karl Krainer, Spencer G. Lucas, and Barry S. Kues, pp. 219-229. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.219 [ABSTRACT]
— Karl Krainer, Spencer G. Lucas, and Barry S. Kues, pp. 219-229. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.219 [ABSTRACT]
Lower Permian terrestrial Paleoclimatic indicators in New Mexico and their comparison to paleoclimate models (4.07 MB PDF)
— Greg H. Mack, pp. 231-240. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.231 [ABSTRACT]
— Greg H. Mack, pp. 231-240. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.231 [ABSTRACT]
Tetrapod footprints from the Middle Triassic (Perovkan-Early Anisian) Moenkopi Formation, west-central New Mexico (2.97 MB PDF)
— Spencer G. Lucas, Andrew B. Heckert, and Adrian P. Hunt, pp. 241-244. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.241 [ABSTRACT]
— Spencer G. Lucas, Andrew B. Heckert, and Adrian P. Hunt, pp. 241-244. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.241 [ABSTRACT]
Triassic stratigraphy in the Zuni Mountains, west-central New Mexico (923 KB PDF)
— Andrew B. Heckert and Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 245-262. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.245 [ABSTRACT]
— Andrew B. Heckert and Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 245-262. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.245 [ABSTRACT]
Possible tectonic controls on Late Triassic sedimentation in the Chinle Basin, Colorado Plateau (553 KB PDF)
— Lawrence H. Tanner, pp. 263-267. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.263 [ABSTRACT]
— Lawrence H. Tanner, pp. 263-267. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.263 [ABSTRACT]
Pedogenic features of the Chinle Group, Four Corners region: Evidence of Late Triassic aridification (4.11 MB PDF)
— Lawrence H. Tanner, pp. 269-280. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.269 [ABSTRACT]
— Lawrence H. Tanner, pp. 269-280. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.269 [ABSTRACT]
Stratigraphy and paleontology of the lowero Chinle Group (Adamanian: Latest Carnian) in the vicinity of St. Johns, Arizona (2.13 MB PDF)
— Andrew B. Heckert and Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 281-288. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.281 [ABSTRACT]
— Andrew B. Heckert and Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 281-288. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.281 [ABSTRACT]
Jurassic stratigraphy in west-central New Mexico (2.60 MB PDF)
— Spencer G. Lucas and Andrew B. Heckert, pp. 289-301. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.289 [ABSTRACT]
— Spencer G. Lucas and Andrew B. Heckert, pp. 289-301. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.289 [ABSTRACT]
The Middle Jurassic Entrada Sandstone in northeastern Arizona and adjacent areas (3.13 MB PDF)
— Robert B. O'Sullivan, pp. 303-308. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.303 [ABSTRACT]
— Robert B. O'Sullivan, pp. 303-308. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.303 [ABSTRACT]
An Upper Jurassic theropod dinosaur from the Section 19 mine, Morrison Formation, Grants Uranium district (4.89 MB PDF)
— Andrew B. Heckert, Justin A. Spielmann, Spencer G. Lucas, Richard Altenberg, and Daniel M. Russell, pp. 309-314. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.309 [ABSTRACT]
— Andrew B. Heckert, Justin A. Spielmann, Spencer G. Lucas, Richard Altenberg, and Daniel M. Russell, pp. 309-314. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.309 [ABSTRACT]
Geology and paleontology of the Upper Jurassic (Morrison Formation: Brush Basin Member) Peterson Quarry, central New Mexico (10.77 MB PDF)
— Andrew B. Heckert, Kate E. Zeigler, Spencer G. Lucas, Justin A. Spielmann, Patricia M. Hester, Ronald E. Peterson, Rodney E. Peterson, and N. V. D'Andrea, pp. 315-324. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.315 [ABSTRACT]
— Andrew B. Heckert, Kate E. Zeigler, Spencer G. Lucas, Justin A. Spielmann, Patricia M. Hester, Ronald E. Peterson, Rodney E. Peterson, and N. V. D'Andrea, pp. 315-324. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.315 [ABSTRACT]
Stratigraphy of the Dakota Sandstone and intertongued Mancos Shale along the southern flank of the San Juan Basin, west-central New Mexico (2.07 MB PDF)
— Donald E. Owen and Owen, Donald E., Jr., pp. 325-330. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.325 [ABSTRACT]
— Donald E. Owen and Owen, Donald E., Jr., pp. 325-330. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.325 [ABSTRACT]
Exceptionally preserved invertebrate fauna from the Upper Cretaceous Paguate Member of the Dakota Formation, Rio Puerco Valley, New Mexico (11.35 MB PDF)
— Paul L. Sealey and Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 331-337. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.331 [ABSTRACT]
— Paul L. Sealey and Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 331-337. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.331 [ABSTRACT]
Turonian ammonites from the Upper Cretaceous D-Cross Member of the Mancos Shale, Cebollita Mesa, Cibola County, New Mexico (10.08 MB PDF)
— Paul L. Sealey and Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 339-345. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.339 [ABSTRACT]
— Paul L. Sealey and Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 339-345. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.339 [ABSTRACT]
Cretaceous invertebrate and selachian fossil assemblage from the Juana Lopez Member of the Mancos Shale near Herrera, west-central New Mexico (5.27 MB PDF)
— Spencer G. Lucas and Sally C. Johnson, pp. 347-351. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.347 [ABSTRACT]
— Spencer G. Lucas and Sally C. Johnson, pp. 347-351. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.347 [ABSTRACT]
Selachian fauna from the Upper Cretaceous Dalton Sandstone, middle Rio Puerco Valley, New Mexico (3.47 MB PDF)
— Sally C. Johnson and Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 353-358. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.353 [ABSTRACT]
— Sally C. Johnson and Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 353-358. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.353 [ABSTRACT]
Stratigraphy, age and correlation of the Upper Cretaceous Tohatchi Formation, western New Mexico (4.67 MB PDF)
— Spencer G. Lucas, Dennis R. Braman, and Justin A. Spielmann, pp. 359-368. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.359 [ABSTRACT]
— Spencer G. Lucas, Dennis R. Braman, and Justin A. Spielmann, pp. 359-368. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.359 [ABSTRACT]
The Kirtlandian, a new land-vertebrate "age" for the Late Cretaceous of western North America (4.14 MB PDF)
— Robert M. Sullivan and Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 369-377. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.369 [ABSTRACT]
— Robert M. Sullivan and Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 369-377. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.369 [ABSTRACT]
A new hadrosaur track from the Upper Cretaceous Fruitland Formation of northwestern New Mexico (1.56 MB PDF)
— Adrian P. Hunt and Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 379-381. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.379 [ABSTRACT]
— Adrian P. Hunt and Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 379-381. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.379 [ABSTRACT]
Origin and stratigraphy of historic dinosaur quarries in the Upper Cretaceous Fruitland Formation of the Fossil Forest Research Natural Area, northwestern New Mexico (4.06 MB PDF)
— Adrian P. Hunt and Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 383-388. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.383 [ABSTRACT]
— Adrian P. Hunt and Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 383-388. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.383 [ABSTRACT]
Stratigraphy of the Paleogene Chuska Sandstone, New Mexico-Arizona (7.00 MB PDF)
— Spencer G. Lucas and Steven M. Cather, pp. 389-395. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.389 [ABSTRACT]
— Spencer G. Lucas and Steven M. Cather, pp. 389-395. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.389 [ABSTRACT]
Genetic stratigraphy, provenance, and new age constraints for the Chuska Sandstone (Upper Eocene-Lower Oligocene), New Mexico-Arizona (1.93 MB PDF)
— Steven M. Cather, Lisa Peters, Nelia W. Dunbar, and William C. McIntosh, pp. 397-412. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.397 [ABSTRACT]
— Steven M. Cather, Lisa Peters, Nelia W. Dunbar, and William C. McIntosh, pp. 397-412. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.397 [ABSTRACT]
Pleistocene mammals from Zuni Pueblo, west-central New Mexico (6.89 MB PDF)
— Spencer G. Lucas and Gary S. Morgan, pp. 413-418. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.413 [ABSTRACT]
— Spencer G. Lucas and Gary S. Morgan, pp. 413-418. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.413 [ABSTRACT]
Stratigraphy and paleontology of Trapped Rock Draw mastodont site, Zuni, New Mexico (7.67 MB PDF)
— Paul G. Drakos, Spencer G. Lucas, Gary S. Morgan, and Steven L. Reneau, pp. 419-424. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.419 [ABSTRACT]
— Paul G. Drakos, Spencer G. Lucas, Gary S. Morgan, and Steven L. Reneau, pp. 419-424. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54.419 [ABSTRACT]
Back Matter: (usually includes a stratigraphic column and/or correlation chart)
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Recommended Guidebook Citation:
- Lucas, Spencer G.; Semken, Steven C.; Berglof, William; Ulmer-Scholle, Dana; [eds.], 2003, Geology of the Zuni Plateau, New Mexico Geological Society, Guidebook, 54th Annual Field Conference, 425 pp. ISBN: 9781585460892 https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-54