Front matter
Reading edition
(Forest Service, U.S.D.A., by John Whiteside) COVER: Redondo Peak, from Jemez Canyon
Scenic Trips to the Geologic Past Series:
No. 1—Santa Fe, New Mexico
No. 2—Taos—Red River—Eagle Nest, New Mexico, Circle Drive
No. 3—Roswell—Capitan—Ruidoso and Bottomless Lakes State Park, New Mexico
No. 4—Southern Zuni Mountains, New Mexico
No. 5—Silver City—Santa Rita—Hurley, New Mexico
No. 6—Trail Guide to Geology of the Upper Pecos, New Mexico
No. 7—High Plains Northeastern New Mexico, Raton—Capulin Mountain—Clayton
No. 8—Mosaic of New Mexico’s Scenery, Rocks, and History
No. 9—Albuquerque—Its Mountains, Valleys, Water, and Volcanoes
No. 10—Southwestern New Mexico
No. 11—Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad
No. 12—The Story of Mining in New Mexico
No. 13—Española—Chama—Taos
(Forest Service, U.S.D.A., by Robert W. Talbott) Whitewater Canyon near Glenwood
SCENIC TRIPS TO THE GEOLOGIC PAST NO. 8
Mosaic of New Mexico’s Scenery, Rocks, and History
edited by PAIGE W. CHRISTIANSEN and FRANK E. KOTTLOWSKI
NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES 1972
NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY Kenneth W. Ford, President
NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES & MINERAL RESOURCES Frank E. Kottlowski, Director George S. Austin, Deputy Director
BOARD OF REGENTS Ex Officio Bruce King, Governor of New Mexico Leonard DeLayo, Superintendent of Public Instruction
Appointed Steve Torres, President, 1967-1985, Socorro Dave Rice, Secretary-Treasurer, 1972-1983, Carlsbad William G. Abbott, 1961-1985, Hobbs Judy Floyd, 1977-1987, Las Cruces Owen Lopez, 1977-1983, Santa Fe
BUREAU STAFF Full Time
Marla D. Adkins, Assistant Editor
Orin J. Anderson, Geologist
Ruben Archuleta, Technician I
Robert A. Bieberman, Senior Petrol. Geologist
Steve Blodgett, Assistant Editor
Lynn A. Brandvold, Chemist
James Brannan, Drafter
Corale Brierley, Chemical Microbiologist
Ron Broadhead, Petroleum Geologist
Brenda R. Broadwell, Assoc. Lab Geoscientist
Jane A. Calvert, Assistant Editor
Frank Campbell, Coal Geologist
Richard Chamberlin, Economic Geologist
Charles E. Chapin, Senior Geologist
Jeanette Chavez, Admin. Secretary I
Richard R. Chavez, Assistant Head, Petroleum
Ruben A. Crespin, Laboratory Technician II
Lois M. Devlin, Director, Bus.-Pub. Office
Amelia Dondero, Metallurgist
Kathy C. Eden, Editorial Technician
Robert W. Eveleth, Mining Engineer
K. Babette Faris, X-ray Lab. Manager
Rousseau H. Flower, Sr. Emeritus Paleontologist
John W. Hawley, Senior Env. Geologist
Cindy Howell, Staff Secretary
Robert W. Kelley, Editor & Geologist
Arleen Lindsey, Staff Secretary
Mark Logsdon, Industrial Minerals Geologist
David W. Love, Environmental Geologist
Wess Mauldin, Driller
Virginia McLemore, Geologist
Lynne McNeil, Staff Secretary
Norma J. Meeks, Department Secretary
David Menzie, Geologist
Teresa Mueller, Drafter
Robert M. North, Mineralogist
Keith O’Brien, Hydrologist
JoAnne C. Osburn, Coal Geologist
Glenn R. Osburn, Volcanologist
Barbara R. Popp, Lab. Biotechnologist
Marshall A. Reiter, Senior Geophysicist
Jacques R. Renault, Senior Geologist
James M. Robertson, Mining Geologist
Gretchen H. Roybal, Coal Geologist
Amy Shacklett, Asst. Lab Biotechnologist
Jackie H. Smith, Laboratory Technician IV
William J. Stone, Hydrogeologist
Samuel Thompson III, Senior Petrol. Geologist
Judy M. Vaiza, Executive Secretary
Debra Vetterman, Drafter
Robert H. Weber, Senior Geologist
Betsy Wilson, Receptionist/Clerk Typist
Donald Wolberg, Vertebrate Paleontologist
Michael W. Wooldridge, Scientific Illustrator
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Howard B. Nickelson, Coal Geologist
Beverly Ohline, Acting Director, Info. Services
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Graduate Students
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Mike Davidson
David R. Guilinger
Terry Jensen
Douglas L. Heath
Adrian Hunt
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Ione Lindley
Curtis Verpleough
John M. Wakefield
Mary Lynne Yates
John Young
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Third edition, 4th printing
Published by Authority of State of New Mexico, NMSA 1953 Sec. 63-1-4
Printed by University of New Mexico Printing Plant, Albuquerque, April 1982
Available from New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM 87801 $4.00