Geology of the Tijeras Quadrangle, Bernalillo County, New Mexico
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NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES NMBMMR Open File Map Series A DIVISION OF NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY OF–GM–4 Map last modified 5 April 2000 ines & Mine f M ra E Plate II of II. o l R M X GEOLOGIC CROSS SECTIONS u e I a s W C e o r u E O u r B c N e M s N New Mexico Tech A A' S N E T P S a ry rth tu A A Sc Cen 12,000 ience f e 21st T E M 12,000 or th feet ASL feet ASL Dr. Paul W. Bauer Dr. Peter A. Scholle Geologic Mapping 11,000' 11,000' Director and State Geologist Program Director Tijeras ˛m fault zone 10,000' ˛m 10,000' ˛m ˛s Geology of the Tijeras quadrangle, ˛s ˛m 9,000' ˛s 9,000' Ys Manzanita Shear Zone Bernalillo County, New Mexico ˛s Embudo Ys Ys 8,000' Canyon ˛m 8,000' ˛m Yp Tijeras Plate II of II. Yp Interstate 40 Ys Yp Canyon ˛s Yp Train of Yss ˛s 7,000' 7,000' Yp Yp 5 April 2000 Revision Yp Train of Enclaves Xcm Xq Xms Yp Xmv Xms Enclaves Xq Xms Yp Xq Xq Yp Yp 6,000' V 6,000' Yp Yp in by c Yp Yp Xmv e Yp Train of n Xq 1 2 3 Ys t Karl E. Karlstrom , Sean D. Connell , Charles A. Ferguson , Yp Enclaves Xp 4 5 1 6 5,000' Xq Xcm M 5,000' oo Adam S. Read , Glenn R. Osburn , Eric Kirby , John Abbott , re 7 7 7 Xla Christopher Hitchcock , Keith Kelson , Jay Noller , Xla? 4,000' 4,000' 7 6 4 Yss t h Thomas Sawyer , Steven Ralser , David W. Love , rust 1 4 Xp fa Matthew Nyman , and Paul W. Bauer Ys Xq ult 3,000' 3,000' Xcm 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131 Xmv? Ys Ys 2New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Albuquerque, NM 87106 2,000' Seven Springs shear zone Xmv 2,000' 3 Arizona Geological Survey, 416 W. Congress, #100, Tucson, AZ 85701 Ys 4New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM 87801 Yss 1,000' 5Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130 1,000' Xcm Xmv Xmv 6Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801 Depth to base of Sandia Pluton not constrained MSL 0' 0' MSL 7William Lettis & Associates, Inc., 1777 Botelho Dr., Suite 262, Walnut Creek, CA 94596 B B' NW SE Cross sections are constructed based upon the interpretations of the 13,000 Sandia Crest 13,000 authors made from geologic mapping, and available geophysical feet ASL Tijeras feet ASL (projected) and subsurface (drillhole) data. Cross sections should be used as an fault zone aid to understanding the general geologic framework of the map 12,000' 12,000' area, and not be the sole source of information for use in locating or designing wells, buildings, roads, or other man-made structures. ˇc Sandia 11,000' ˇz 11,000' fault ˇm Apachito Pay Ps Pg Canyon Tijeras 10,000' ˛m 10,000' fault zone u ˇc Flat Irons ˇc C C' ˇc ˛ml fault ˛s UADRANGLE NW Guitierrez UADRANGLE SE Q Q 9,000' ˇz 9,000' ˇm fault ˇz 10,000 ˇc Jm Kd 10,000 ˇm Ys ˇm Km ˇm feet ASL ˇz feet ASL ˇz Ps Ps Ps MINUTE Ys Pg Ps Jet Kd MINUTE Pg Pg Pg 8,000' Pay 8,000' 9,000' ˇc Jm Kvt 9,000' 7.5- 7.5- Pay Kvs Pay Yss Pay Pay ˇz ˇc The top of the Mesozoic section Xcm ˇm ˇm Xcc ˛mu Km IJERAS beneath QTsp is unconstrained I ˛s EDILLO Xq ˛ml ˛mu ˛m Ps Interstate 40 Ps I ˛m T 7,000' and lower Tertiary sediments ˛s 7,000' 8,000' Pg S 8,000' I Xcc ˛mu ˇc may be preserved on the I ˛mu ˛ml ˇz I ˛m hanging wall of the Sandia I Xcm Xp Xmv? u Pg I Schematic aligned enclaves ˇc I ˛mu Pay ˇm Yp I I Qca Fault. ˛ml Ys Yp Kvs Pay I ˛m 6,000' I l I Tmi 6,000' Psg I 7,000' 7,000' Xcc ˛ml ˛s ˇz ˇz ˇm ˛m I Yp Yp Yp I Xms Kvs Yp Qayt QHa Psg I I ˛s Xms Qca I I Xla Xms Qpy I QTsp I Xcc Xq Pay I I Xdt ˇc Xq Xq Kvt Kvs Qca Qay I t Pay 5,000' Schematic Tmi I 5,000' 6,000' ˇm Kvs 6,000' I ˛m I Ys Pay ˛s I V I Km Ys aligned Ys i Xq Xq Pay I megacrysts I nc I I ent Ps Kvs Kvt ˛m I I M Xms I 4,000' I oo Xcm Kvs I 4,000' I 5,000' 5,000' Yp r Pg Kd I e I Yss ˛m Xp Xla Kmf e t Jm V 3,000' n ? Xcm hr Km in o us 3,000' 4,000' Jet 4,000' z t ce r Xq Pay Km ˛s n Km2 a e t Xq e n Xq M Khd Ys sh Xmv? o ˛s s d Xmv? fault Xla z Kd o 2,000' Km g e 2,000' r ˛m Xmv? o 1 n ? in 3,000' a Syncline r 3,000' ri ra e e p st sh Cedar Crest Jet t S on s Yss hr en t c g Jm us ev no rin t f S on p ˇz ˇc au 1,000' ? lut 1,000' 2,000' n S lt 2,000' iaP ve Ys and Se of S Xmv? ˇm ase Ys Pg ˇc ? B Xcm MSL 0' 0 MSL 1,000' Xcm Ps 1,000' Pay Xmv? ? ˇz ? ? ˇm ˛m Ps Pg Pay -1,000' -1,000' MSL 0' Tijeras fault 0' MSL REFERENCES Armstrong, A. K., 1967, Biostratigraphy and carbonate facies of the Mississippian Arroyo Peñasco Formation, north-central New Mexico: New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources Memoir 20, 81 p. INDEX MAP OF NMBMMR’S CERRO Armstrong, A. K. and Mamet, B. L., 1974, Biostratigraphy of the Arroyo Peñasco Group, Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian), ARROYO ARROYO WHEELER DE LOS North-Central New Mexico, in: New Mexico Geological Society, 25th Field Conference Guidebook, p. 145-158. 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