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Geology Of The Rinconada Canyon Area, Valencia County, New Mexico., John Mohar Jr.
Geology Of The Rinconada Canyon Area, Valencia County, New Mexico., John Mohar Jr.
Earth and Planetary Sciences ETDs
Within this area are found two small domes superimposed upon the McCarty syncline. North dome, the larger of the two, is located at the head of Rinconada Canyon. South dome is located in the southern part of the area near the mouth of the canyon. Thus far the mineral resources of the area have been of little economic value. There are, however, large deposits of commercial uranium deposit at depth which cannot be disregarded.
Geology And Ground-Water Resources Of The Portales Valley Area, Roosevelt And Curry Counties, New Mexico, Sherman E. Galloway
Geology And Ground-Water Resources Of The Portales Valley Area, Roosevelt And Curry Counties, New Mexico, Sherman E. Galloway
Earth and Planetary Sciences ETDs
Since 1910, and particularly since the closing years of World War II, considerable development of the ground water occurring in the valley fill has been made for irrigation purposes. This increase in development has resulted in a progressive decline of the water levels in this area. The results of this study indicate that the water occurring in the valley fill is the only water of good chemical quality occurring in the Portales Valley that can be obtained in quantities that are sufficient for normal irrigation, municipal, industrial, stock, and domestic uses, and that if the present rate of ground water …
Geology Of The Central Front Of The Fra Cristobal Mountains, Sierra County, New Mexico, Richard C. Jacobs
Geology Of The Central Front Of The Fra Cristobal Mountains, Sierra County, New Mexico, Richard C. Jacobs
Earth and Planetary Sciences ETDs
This report includes about seven square miles of the central front of the Fra Cristobal Mountains. The area contains rocks from Precambrian, Cambrian, Pennsylvanian, and Quaternary Age. Fragmentary exposures of the Permian sedimentary rocks are also present.
Geology Of The White Rock Mountain Area, Gunnison County, Colorado, David L. Gaskill
Geology Of The White Rock Mountain Area, Gunnison County, Colorado, David L. Gaskill
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The White Rock Mountain area in central-western Colorado is included in the northwest corner of the Crested Butte quadrangle and the extreme southwest corner of the Aspen quadrangle. Mineral deposits were recognized in the early seventies, and in the literature the area is referred to as the Elk Mountain District.
Geology Of The Canjilon Cauldron Sink Near Bernalillo, Sandoval County, New Mexico, Felix E. Mutschler
Geology Of The Canjilon Cauldron Sink Near Bernalillo, Sandoval County, New Mexico, Felix E. Mutschler
Earth and Planetary Sciences ETDs
Canjilon Hill is located on the west side of the Rio Grande, about 2 3/4 miles north-northwest of Bernalillo. Exposed on the hill is a local unit of breccia, conglomerate, and sandstone, which forms an elongate saucer-shaped body 4100 feet long, 2200 feet wide and 280 to 500+ feet thick. Unlike the underlying Santa Fe formation these strata contain an abundance of large angular basalt pebbles, cobbles, and boulders. In this paper these strata are termed the Canjilon formation of the Santa Fe group. Structural and sedimentological evidence suggest that the Canjilon formation was deposited in a subsidence depression initiated …
Paleozoic Stratigraphy Of The Mud Springs Mountains, Sierra County, New Mexico, John Davis Hill
Paleozoic Stratigraphy Of The Mud Springs Mountains, Sierra County, New Mexico, John Davis Hill
Earth and Planetary Sciences ETDs
This thesis gives a history of the terminology of each of the formations found in the Mud Springs Mountains as well as a discussion of the characteristics of each. The Mud Springs Mountains Section of Paleozoic rocks is 3660 feet thick. Parts of all the Paleozoic systems are represented except the Silurian and Mississippian. The Bliss sandstone is 145 feet thick, the lower 65 feet being late Cambrian and the upper 80 feet being early Ordovician. The El Paso limestone of early Ordovician age is 460 feet thick.
The Instability Of Folded Structures, Robert Del Mar
The Instability Of Folded Structures, Robert Del Mar
Earth and Planetary Sciences ETDs
Folded structures are not necessarily stable through geologic time. "Unfolding" is defined as the changes in attitude through with folded structures go subsequent to their creation by tectonic means, other than by faulting alone. The principal types of unfolding, together with their causes, are: (1) the effect of gravity on isolated structures, and the effects of loading and unloading insofar as the gravitational force is concerned; (2) basining action and its effect on unloading; (3) the action of vertical forces on folded structures; (4) migrating or "wave" folds in relation to unfolding.