GEOLOGIC CROSS SECTIONS
NMBMMR Open File Map SeriesOF–GM–4
Map last modified 5 April 2000Plate II of II.
NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCESA DIVISION OF NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY
byKarl E. Karlstrom1, Sean D. Connell2, Charles A. Ferguson3,
Adam S. Read4, Glenn R. Osburn5, Eric Kirby1, John Abbott6,Christopher Hitchcock7, Keith Kelson7, Jay Noller7,Thomas Sawyer7, Steven Ralser6, David W. Love4,
Matthew Nyman1, and Paul W. Bauer 4
1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 871312New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Albuquerque, NM 87106
3Arizona Geological Survey, 416 W. Congress, #100, Tucson, AZ 857014New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM 87801
5Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 631306Department of Earth and Environmental Science,
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 878017William Lettis & Associates, Inc., 1777 Botelho Dr., Suite 26 2, Walnut Creek, CA 945 96
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Earth Science for the 21st Century
Ne w Me x i c o Tech
Dr. Peter A. ScholleDirector and State Geologist
Dr. Paul W . BauerGeologic MappingProgram Director
Geology of the Tijeras quadrangle,Bernalillo County, New Mexico
Plate II of II.5 April 2000 Revision
Cross sections are constructed based upon the interpretations of theauthors made from geologic mapping, and available geophysicaland subsurface (drillhole) data. Cross sections should be used as anaid to understanding the general geologic framework of the maparea, and not be the sole source of information for use in locating ordesigning wells, buildings, roads, or other man-made structures.
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Connolly, J. R., 1981, Geology of the Precambrian rocks of Tijeras Canyon, Bernalillo County, New Mexico: [M.S. thesis], Universityof New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 147 p.
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STATEMAP7.5-MINUTE GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLES
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