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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
FRANKLIN K. LANE, Secretary
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
GEORGE OTIS...PRINTING OFFICE
1917
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
FRANKLIN K. LANE, Secretary
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY..............
Franklin Mountains.......................
Florida Mountains and Cooks Range......
Silver................
Caballos Mountains.. .j...................
San Andres Mountains.....................
Sacramento...Sacramento Mountains....................
Mimbres Mountains.....................
Ordovician system.... | 👁 Image
| | Report (issue) | | Geology of the Northern
Franklin Mountains,
Texas and New Mexico
By R. L. HARBOUR
GEOLOGICAL
SURVEY...BULLETIN
1298
The geology of a complex fault-block
range with emphasis on stratigraphy
of Paleozoic rocks...Quartzite _________________________ ----_____________
Granite porphyry----- ______ --- __ ------ _______ ----_________...______________________________ ----- __ --------El Paso Limestone_________________________________________...deformation ______ --------_________________________
Granite intrusion__________________________________________ | 👁 Image
| | Report (issue) | | QUICKSILVER, PLATINUM, ETC.
TIN IN THE FRANKLIN MOUNTAINS, TEXAS.
By G. B. RICHARDSON.
Introduction. Since... Weed's report on the El Paso tin
deposits « the geology of the Franklin Range, in which the ore occurs...now known in the western
Texas tin field.
Topography. The Franklin Mountains are the southern extremity...narrow
range, known locally by different names, that extends southward from the Rocky Mountains east of...as far as El Paso. The Franklin Mountains are 23 miles in
length, 15 of which are in Texas, average 3 | 👁 Image
| | Report (issue) | | Studies of Geology and Hydrology jin the
Basin and Range Province^ Southwestern, United States,
^Sp^*rL
... Studies of Geology and Hydrology in the
Basin and Range Province, Southwestern United States,
For Isolation...Characterization of the Rio Grande Region,
New Mexico and Texas
Edited by M.S. BEDINGER, K.A. SARGENT, and WILLIAM...Arizona, California, Idaho,
Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE...Studies of geology and hydrology in the Basin and Range province, southwestern United States,
for isolation | 👁 Image
| | Report (issue) | | Geology of the
Bear Peak Area
Dona Ana County
New Mexico
GEOLOGICAL
SURVEY
BULLETIN
1271-C
Geology... Geology of the
Bear Peak Area
Dona Ana County
New Mexico
By GEORGE O. BACHMAN and DONALD A. MYERS
CONTRIBUTIONS...study of the southern part of the
San Andres Mountains, with
emphasis on Paleozoic stratigraphy
UNITED...System___________________________________________
El Paso Formation._______________________________________...1. Geologic map of the Bear Peak area, Dona Ana County, N.
Mex____________________________________________ | 👁 Image
| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso,
Texas 79999
Tectonic Implications of High...High Level Surfaces
Bordering Franklin Mountains, Texas
ABSTRACT
level, piedmont slope surfaces of probable...faults in the west side of the
range and apparently slightly rotated due to
range tilting. The area discussed...discussed in detail is
unique in the range because gravels containing rhyolite locally can be differentiated...along piedmont scarplets on the west side of
the range in the vicinity of the Thunderbird
(Fig. I; see | 👁 Image
| | Report (issue) | | and rocks of the tri-state border region—
West Texas, southern New Mexico, and northern Chihuahua
Kenneth...Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968, USA
Abstract—Industrial minerals...approximately two million people in the cities
of El Paso, Texas; Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua, Chihuahua; and...Rhyolite and granite from Proterozoic lithologic units of the Franklin Mountains that bisect El
Paso, together...Cristo Rey
laccolithic intrusion located in the Paso del Norte. High-quality tile is produced in Chihuahua | 👁 Image
| LI, Y, BARNES, M, BARNES, C, FROST, C (2007) Grenville-age A-type and related magmatism in southern Laurentia, Texas and New Mexico, U.S.A. Lithos, 97 (1) 58-87 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2006.12.010 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | A-type and related magmatism in southern
Laurentia, Texas and New Mexico, U.S.A.
Yujia Li a , Melanie A. Barnes...Department of Geosciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-1053, USA
Department of Geology and...University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, 82071-3006, USA
Received 15 November 2005; accepted 4 December 2006...known to be present in the 1340–1370 Ma basement in Texas and eastern New Mexico, but
their distribution and...Grenville-age (1070–1110 Ma) plutonic
rocks. In the Texas Panhandle, core from a N 175 m thick, sill-like | 👁 Image
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El Paso Limestone .......................................and zonal map of El Paso Limestone showing thickness
and uppermost zones of El Paso beneath Montoya Dolomite...Patch reefs in Hembrillo Canyon area, San Andres Mountains 42
11. "GSA" map for Pennsylvanian of south-central...thins depositionally northward; the Ordovician El Paso
Limestone and Montoya Dolomite; the Silurian Fusselman...stripped from the Burro uplift in western Grant County and all the
upper Permian beds removed throughout | 👁 Image
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The Geography of Dona Ana County--------------------------------------------- 18...-------- 25
PART I. THE GEOLOGY OF THE ORGAN MOUNTAINS ------------- 26
Introduction ---------------...-------------------- 28
Rocks enclosed by the granite ------------------------------------- 28
Gneiss...----------------------------------------- 30
The granite batholith -------------------------------------------------------...------------------- 30
Coarse-grained granite --------------------------------------- 30
Field relations | 👁 Image
| | Report (issue) | | excursions
in New Mexico and adjacent areas
of Texas and Colorado
Prepared for the Geological Society...Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968;
'New Mexico Bureau of Mines...
DONALD E. HATITN, Ind. Univ.
ALONZO D. JACKA, Texas Tech. Univ.
DAVID B. JOHNSON, NMT
WILLIAM E. KING...field of southern New Mexico and
the Franklin Mountains of west Texas
E. Y. Anthony', C. G. Barnes', W.... University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968; ²Department of Geology, Texas Tech University | 👁 Image
| | Report (issue) | | Associates
CHRISTINA L. BALK, NMT
ALONZO D. JACKA, Texas Tech.
WILLIAM L. CHENOWETH, Grand Junction, CO...PRECAMBRIAN ROCKS 8
PALEOZOIC ROCKS 8
Bliss Formation
8
El Paso Formation
9
Montoya Formation
10
Fusselman Dolomite...the Red Hills
9
5—Bioturbated limestone of the El Paso Formation
10
6—Laminated dolomite with chert nodules...well as outlying fault blocks of the Caballo Mountains.
Whereas the Rio Grande and its tributaries have...more ancient and durable rocks of the Caballo
Mountains have yielded more rugged topography, featuring | 👁 Image
| | Report (issue) | | depositional environments
of the Lower Ordovician El Paso Formation
by Russell E. Clemons
New Mexico State...C
CAROL A. HILL, Albuquerque
ALONZO D. JACKA, Texas Tech
BOB JULYAN, Albuquerque
SHARI A. KELLEY, SMU...CONCLUSIONS 44
REFERENCES 45
APPENDICES 49
A—OTHER EL PASO FORMATION SECTIONS 49
B—QUANTITATIVE ANALYSES OF...Jose, McKelligon, and
Padre Members and total El Paso Formation at 38
sections sampled
8
2—Criteria used...features observed in the El Paso
Formation 43
Al—Approximate thicknesses of other El Paso
Formation sections | 👁 Image
| | Book (edition) | | gems.
Lava is essentially the same material as granite, but so fine
grained that its constituent minerals...feldspar quarries in pegmatite deposits, mines and
mine dumps, and from "float" deposits, minerals loose...property, even though it may be unfenced range, a deserted cabin, or a mine dvmip. Cleanliness
to enter
30...material others
could have enjoyed, and many of the Texas ranches are closed
to collectors because a few carted...the rock formations of the east and west coast mountains, and
the diamonds of the midwest were carried | 👁 Image
| | Report (issue) | | part
of the Oscura Mountains and the northern part
of the San Andres Mountains
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...______________________________ _
Lower Ordovician rocks-El Paso Dolomite _______ _
~iddle Ordovician rocks- Upham...showing lower Paleozoic rocks in southern Oscura Mountains ______________________ -----------14
6. Photomicrograph...relationships of Paleozoic rocks in southern Oscura Mountains _____ ---_-------37
9. Photographic relief map...The southern Oscura Mountains and the northern extremity
of the San Andres Mountains are within the report | 👁 Image
| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Texas mineral
locality
INDEX
Whereas Texas is well known for its vastness,
cattle industry, and oil...I T S T O P O G R A P H Y A N D G E O L O G Y ,
Texas, the second largest state, has produced relatively...famous localities. A s
this article will show, Texas has had—or currently has—nu
merous mineral occurrences...produce
good specimens; yet when specimens from Texas are sought
in collections and dealers' stocks, few...some basic facts that help
explain the situation.
Texas has very little federal land in its mineralized | 👁 Image
| | Report (issue) | | ___
Lobo to El Paso, Tex.._...__..._.___.______.______._____..-_
North line from El Paso, Tex., to Mescal...Mescal, Ariz ___________________
South line from El Paso, Tex., to Mescal, Ariz____________--__-Mescal to... Tex...___._-.___.._._____.____
17. Torcer to El Paso, Tex._______..._.___._.____..._
18. Ysleta, Tex..._______________________
9. A, Armadillos in central Texas; B, Fault in Buda limestone
northwest of Hondo,...and tuff of Da vis Mountains, west of Alpine, Tex.; B,
Paisano Pass, Da vis Mountains, Tex _.__ _______________ | 👁 Image
| | Report (issue) | | ................................ 30
Bernalillo County ..................................................................................... 30
Catron County ...................................................................................... 31
Black Range (Taylor Creek) Tin District .......................................................... 32
Chaves County ..................................................................................... 33
Colfax County .............................................. | 👁 Image
| | Report (issue) | | Southern Arizona
and New Mexico and
Westernmost Texas
GEOLOGICAL
SURVEY
PROFESSIONAL
PAPER
873
...Southern Arizona
and New Mexico and
Westernmost Texas
By PHILIP T. HAYES
assisted by GEORGE C. CONE
GEOLOGICAL...southern Arizona and New Mexico and westernmost Texas.
(Geological Survey Professional Paper 873)
Bibliography:...Queen Member ................................... .
El Paso Limestone .................................................................................. .
El Paso Group ........................................ | 👁 Image
| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | AND ASSOCIATED CONTACT MINERALS FROM THE FRANKLIN MOUNTAINS OF TEXAS1 oJ Tetas' Jonn T. LoNsoalr, A.tsM-...occurrence of dipyritl in Texas though collections at the University of Texas .orrtain specimens of scapolites...scapolites said to tre from Texas, but with localities only vaguely given. The locality here described...of the Franklin Mountains in the northwest corner of section 36, Block 81, El Paso County, Texas, ten miles...miles north and slightly east of the El Paso Post Offce. The northwest corner of Section 36 is located | 👁 Image
| | Report (issue) | | museum specimens. Some mineral aggregates, as clay, granite, limestone, sand, and sandstone, are included,..........Mr. George H. Ashley, Washington, D. C.
Texas............Dr. William B. Phillips, Austin.
Vermont...See Bauxite and Hallpysite.
Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not
found...commercial quantity or quality.
Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities:
Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County,
T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson | 👁 Image
| | Report (issue) | | Orogrande Basin Play in Eastern-most Basin and
Range Physiographic Province of South-central New Mexico...Basin Play ........................... 131
Franklin Mountains ...........................................and Southern San Andres Mountains ..................... 131
Hueco Mountains-Central Fort Bliss Military...Sacramento Mountains ........................................ 133
Northern San Andres Mountains and Central...Paleozoic strata in Arizona, New
Mexico, and West Texas ...............................
Generalized Mississippian | 👁 Image
| | Report (issue) | | GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
CHARLES g). WALCOTT, DIRECTOR
THE
EL PASO TIN DEPOSITS
BY
WAJLTER HARVEY WEED
WASHINGTON... Map of a portion of the El Paso quadrangle, showing the Franklin
Mountains, on the east flank of which...FIG. 1. Cross-section of Franklin Mountains 10 miles north of El Paso, Texas.
2. Section of tin vein exposed...The}7" were said to come from the
vicinity of El Paso, Texas, and in view of the infrequency of wellauthenticated...1901, Mr. W. H. Weed had occasion to pass through El Paso,
and he was instructed to make a reconnaissance | 👁 Image
| | Report (issue) | | FROM THE
SOUTHEASTERN HUECO BOLSON, EL
PASO AND HUDSPETH COUNTIES, TEXAS
........44,.. •
it1-12Cifril
.7...n.•
11:Yl• •
Prepared in cooperation with the Texas Water Development
Board and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation...FROM THE SOUTHEASTERN HUECO BOLSON,
EL PASO AND HUDSPETH COUNTIES, TEXAS
cA4-.
By
; 1"
Joseph S. Gates and...Report 76-650
Prepared in cooperation with the
Texas Water Development Board and the
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation...Northern Hueco Bolson
Southeastern Hueco Bolson
El Paso Valley
City artesian area
Fabens artesian zone | 👁 Image
| | Report (issue) | | Mineral Resource Areas of the Basin and Range
Province of Texas
Compiled by
Christopher D. Henry and Jonathan...Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin,
Austin, Texas,
and Michelle Frodey Hutchins,
U.S...identify the
mineralized areas within the Basin and Range Province which include areas of
past or present...Mineral deposits within the Basin and Range Province in West Texas occur
largely as vein and replacement...prospects or
open cuts.
Culberson
Brewster
County
U
Fluorite, U,
Mo, Hg
Hg, fluorite
Ag, Pb, |
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