NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MINES BULLETIN 18 STATE BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES PLATE 1 Ship Rock, northwestern San Juan County. An igneous intrusion with radiating dikes. In the Rattle- snake pool, less than five miles away, oil and gas have accumulated in Cretaceous strata similar to those in the foreground. (Spence Air Photos.) NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MINES STATE BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES RICHARD H. REECE President and Director BULLETIN NO. 18 The Oil and Gas Resources of New Mexico SECOND EDITION Compiled by ROBERT L. BATES Geologist, State Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO 1942 CONTENTS Page The State Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources ---------------------------------------------------- 12 Board of Regents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 Introduction, by Robert L. Bates -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 General statement ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 Purpose and scope of the report -------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 Acknowledgments -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------14 Geography and general geology, after D. E. Winchester ---------------------------------------------- 15 The Rocks ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 General statement, by Robert L. Bates ------------------------------------------------------------ 18 General features, after N. H. Darton --------------------------------------------------------------- 18 Pre-Cambrian rocks, after N. H. Darton ----------------------------------------------------------- 18 Sedimentary rocks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 19 Cambrian system, after N. H. Darton ------------------------------------------------------- 19 Bliss sandstone -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19 Ordovician system, after N. H. Darton ----------------------------------------------------- 20 General features ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20 El Paso limestone ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 20 Montoya limestone ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 21 Silurian system, after N. H. Darton --------------------------------------------------------- 22 Fusselman limestone ------------------------------------------------------------------- 22 Devonian system, by Frank V. Stevenson -------------------------------------------------- 22 General features ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22 Canutillo formation --------------------------------------------------------------------- 22 Sly Gap formation -----------------------------------------------------------------------23 Percha shale ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 23 Correlation ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24 Mississippian system, by A. L. Bowsher and L. R. Laudon ----------------------------- 24 General features --------------------------------------------------------------------------24 Caballero formation --------------------------------------------------------------------- 25 Lake Valley formation ----------------------------------------------------------------- 26 Alamogordo member ------------------------------------------------------------ 26 Arcente member ------------------------------------------------------------------ 27 Dona Ana member --------------------------------------------------------------- 28 Helms formation ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 28 Mississippian-Pennsylvanian contact ------------------------------------------------ 29 Pennsylvanian system, by M. L. Thompson ------------------------------------------------29 General features---------------------------------------------------------------------------29 Classification -----------------------------------------------------------------------------30 Derry series—Green Canyon group -------------------------------------------------- 32 Derry series—Mud Springs group ---------------------------------------------------- 32 Des Moines series—Armendaris group ---------------------------------------------- 32 Des Moines series—Bolander group ------------------------------------------------- 33 Missouri series—Veredas group -------------------------------------------------------33 Missouri series—Hansonburg group ------------------------------------------------- 33 Virgil series—Keller group ------------------------------------------------------------ 33 Virgil series—Fresnal group ---------------------------------------------------------- 34 4 CONTENTS Permian system of central New Mexico, by C. E. Needham --------------------------------- 34 General features ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 34 Abo formation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 34 Yeso formation ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35 Glorieta sandstone -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 36 San Andres limestone ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 36 Permian system of southeastern New Mexico, by Robert L. Bates -------------------------- 37 General statement ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 37 Delaware Basin section --------------------------------------------------------------------- 37 Hueco limestone ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 37 Bone Spring limestone --------------------------------------------------------------- 37 Delaware Mountain group ---------------------------------------------------------- 38 Castile formation ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 39 Salado formation ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 39 Rustler formation --------------------------------------------------------------------- 39 Dewey Lake formation ---------------------------------------------------------------- 40 Reef-zone section --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 40 Capitan limestone --------------------------------------------------------------------- 40 Shelf (back-reef) section -------------------------------------------------------------------- 40 Hueco limestone, by M. L. Thompson --------------------------------------------- 40 Bone Spring limestone --------------------------------------------------------------- 41 Goat Seep limestone ------------------------------------------------------------------ 42 Carlsbad limestone -------------------------------------------------------------------- 42 Whitehorse group --------------------------------------------------------------------- 42 Ochoa series --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 43 Triassic system, by Robert L. Bates ------------------------------------------------------------- 44 General statement ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 44 Moenkopi formation ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 44 Shinarump conglomerate ------------------------------------------------------------------- 44 Chinle formation ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 44 Strata previously designated Moenkopi -------------------------------------------- 45 Strata previously designated Shinarump ------------------------------------------- 45 Poleo sandstone ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 45 Dockum group ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 46 Tecovas formation -------------------------------------------------------------------- 46 Santa Rosa sandstone ----------------------------------------------------------------- 46 Chinle formation ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 46 Lobo formation (Triassic?) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 46 Jurassic system, by C. E. Needham -------------------------------------------------------------- 47 Wingate sandstone -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 47 Todilto formation ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 47 Kayenta sandstone --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 47 Navajo sandstone ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 48 Carmel and Entrada formations ------------------------------------------------------------ 48 Morrison formation ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 48 Lower Cretaceous (Comanchean) system, by C. E. Needham ------------------------------- 49 Trinity group --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 49 Fredericksburg group ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 50 Washita group --------------------------------------------------------------------------------