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Mineral Resources On-Line Spatial Data
Mineral Resources On-Line Spatial Data
Piedmont alluvial deposits: upper and middle Quaternary; includes deposits of higher gradient tributaries bordering major stream valleys, alluvial veneers of the piedmont slope, and alluvial fans
Alluvium; upper and middle Quaternary
Ogallala Formation, alluvial and eolian deposits, and petrocalcic soils of the southern High Plains; Lower Pliocene to middle Miocene (locally includes unit Qoa)
Upper Santa Fe Group. Includes Camp Rice, Fort Hancock, Palomas, Sierra Ladrones, Ancha, Puye, and Alamosa Formations; middle Pleistocene to uppermost Miocene
Eolian deposits
Chinle Group; Upper Triassic; includes Moenkopi Formation (Middle Triassic) at base in many areas; in eastern part of state the following five formations are mapped:
Basalt and andesite flows; Neogene. Includes flows interbedded with Santa Fe and Gila Groups
Yeso Formation; sandstones, siltstones, anhydrite, gypsum, halite, and dolomite; Leonardian
Dakota Group of east-central and northeast New Mexico; in ascending order, Mesa Rica Sandstone, Pajarito Shale, and Romeroville Sandstone; includes the underlying Tucumcari Shale in Tucumcari area and Glencairn Formation in Union County. Encompasses both Upper and Lower Cretaceous rocks
Gila Group. Includes Mimbres Formation and several informal units in southwestern basins; Middle Pleistocene to uppermost Oligocene
Upper Chinle Group, Garita Creek through Redonda Formations, undivided
Older alluvial deposits of upland plains and piedmont areas, and calcic soils and eolian cover sediments of High Plains region; includes scattered lacustrine, playa, and alluvial deposits of the Tahoka, Double Tanks, Tule, Blanco, Blackwater Draw, and Gatuna Formations, the latter of which may be Pliocene at base; outcrops, however, are basically of Quaternary deposits; upper Quaternary to uppermost Pliocene(?)
Lower Miocene and uppermost Oligocene basaltic andesites (22-26 Ma). Includes Bearwallow Mountain Andesite and basaltic andesite of Mangas Mountain
Artesia Group; shelf facies forming broad south-southeast trending outcrop from Glorieta to Artesia area; includes Grayburg, Queen, Seven Rivers, Yates, and Tansill Formations; Guadalupian. May locally include Moenkopi Formation (Triassic) at top
Upper Oligocene rhyolitic pyroclastic rocks (ash-flow tuffs); includes Davis Canyon Tuff, South Crosby Peak Formation, La Jencia, Vick's Peak, Lemitar, South Canyon, Bloodgood Canyon, Shelley Peak Tuffs, tuff of Horseshoe Canyon, Park Tuff, Rhyolite Canyon Tuff, Apache Springs Tuff, Diamond Creek, Jordan Canyon, Garcia Camp Tuffs, the Turkey Springs Tuff, the tuff of Little Mineral Creek, the Amalia Tuff, and others. Some contain volcaniclastic and reworked volcaniclastic rocks, and eolian sandstone; (24-29 Ma)
Lower Oligocene silicic pyroclastic rocks (ash-flow tuffs); includes Hell's Mesa, Kneeling Nun, lower part of Bell Top Formation, Caballo Blanco, Datil Well, Leyba Well, Rock House Canyon, Blue Canyon, Sugarlump and Tadpole Ridge Tuffs, the tuffs of the Organ cauldron, Treasure Mountain Tuff (now known as Chiquito Peak Tuff), Bluff Creek Tuff, Oak Creek Tuff, tuff of Steins Mountain, tuff of Black Bill Canyon, tuff of Farr Ranch, Woodhaul Canyon, Gillespie and Box Canyon Tuffs, Cooney Tuff, and other volcanic and interbedded fluvial and pumiceous units; (31-36.5 Ma)
Lacustrine and playa-lake deposits; includes associated alluvial and eolian deposits of major lake basins; upper Quaternary
Mancos Shale; divided into Upper and Lower parts by Gallup Sandstone
Kirtland and Fruitland Formations; coal-bearing, coal primarily in the Fruitland; Campanian to Maastrichtian
Pierre Shale and Niobrara Formation
Mostly Oligocene and upper Eocene sedimentary and volcaniclastic sedimentary rocks with local andesitic to intermediate volcanics; includes Espinaso, Spears, Bell Top, and Palm Park Formations
Crevasse Canyon Formation; coal-bearing units are Dilco and Gibson Coal Members; other members are Bartlett Barren, Dalton Sandstone, and Borrego Pass Sandstone (or Lentil)
Basalt or basaltic andesite; middle and lower Pleistocene
San Andres Formation; limestone and dolomite with minor shale; Guadalupian in south, in part Leonardian to north
Landslide deposits and colluvium
Pennsylvanian rocks, undivided; in Sangre de Cristo Mountains may include Sandia Formation, Madera Limestone, La Pasada, Alamitos, and Flechado Formations; elsewhere may include Bar-B, Nakaye, Red House, Oswaldo, and Syrena Formations
Permian and Pennsylvanian rocks, undivided; includes Horquilla Limestone, Earp Formation, Epitaph and Scherrer Formations, and Concha Limestone
Upper Oligocene silicic (or felsic) flows and masses and associated pyroclastic rocks; includes Taylor Creek, Fanney, and Rocky Canyon Rhyolites
Lower and Middle Santa Fe Group. Includes Hayner Ranch, Rincon Valley, Popotosa, Cochiti, Tesuque, Chamita, Abiquiu, and other Formations; Miocene and uppermost Oligocene
Glorieta Sandstone; texturally and mineralogically mature, high-silica quartz sandstone
Upper Oligocene andesites and basaltic andesites (26-29 Ma); includes La Jara Peak Basaltic Andesite, Uvas Basalt, the basaltic andesite of Poverty Creek, and Squirrel Springs Andesite, the Razorback, Bear Springs Canyon, Salt Creek, Gila Flat, and Middle Mountain Formations, and the Alum Mountain Group; locally includes more silicic flows
Intertongued Dakota-Mancos sequence of west-central New Mexico; includes the Whitewater Arroyo Tongue of Mancos Shale and the Twowells Tongue of the Dakota
Basalt and andesite flows and locally vent deposits
Raton Formation; in Raton Basin; unit contains conformable K/T boundary
Lower Tertiary, (Lower Oligocene and Eocene) andesite and basaltic andesite flows, and associated volcaniclastic units. Includes Rubio Peak Formation, and andesite of Dry Leggett Canyon
Paleogene sedimentary units; includes Baca, Galisteo, El Rito, Blanco Basin, Love Ranch, Lobo, Sanders Canyon, Skunk Ranch, Timberlake, and Cub Mountain Formations
Dakota Sandstone; includes Oak Canyon, Cubero, and Paguate Tongues plus Clay Mesa Tongue of Mancos Shale; Cenomanian
Middle Proterozoic plutonic rocks (younger than 1600 Ma)
Basalt and andesite flows; Miocene
Morrison Formation; Upper Jurassic nonmarine rocks present only in northern one-third of state
Mesaverde Group includes the Gallup Sandstone, Crevasse Canyon Formation, Point Lookout Sandstone, Menefee Formation, and Cliff House Sandstone
Lower Proterozoic metamorphic rocks, dominantly felsic volcanic, volcaniclastic and plutonic rocks (1650-1700+ Ma); includes Vadito Group; locally includes high-grade felsic gneisses of unknown age
Abo Formation; red beds, arkosic at base, finer and more mature above; Wolfcampian; may include limestone beds of Pennsylvanian age (Virgilian) in Zuni Mountains. In Robledo Mountains the Abo may be considered a member of the Hueco Formation
Mancos Shale, Lower part
Lower Proterozoic plutonic rocks (older than 1600 Ma)
San Jose Formation; Eocene, San Juan Basin
Mancos Shale, Upper part
Nacimiento Formation; Paleocene, San Juan Basin
Santa Fe Group, undivided. Basin fill of Rio Grande rift region; middle Pleistocene to uppermost Oligocene
Older piedmont alluvial deposits and shallow basin fill; includes Quemado Formation and in northeast, high level pediment gravels
Los Pinos Formation of Lower Santa Fe Group (Miocene and upper Oligocene); includes Carson Conglomerate (Dane and Bachman, 1965) in Tusas Mountains-San Luis Basin area
Silicic to intermediate volcanic rocks; mainly quartz latite and rhyolite Neogene; may locally include flows interbedded with Santa Fe Group
San Rafael Group; consists of Entrada Sandstone, Todilto and Summerville Formations, Bluff Sandstone, and locally Zuni Sandstone (or only Acoma Tongue of Zuni)
Morrison Formation and upper San Rafael Group
Bandelier Tuff; Jemez Mountains area only
Madera Formation (Limestone, or Group); in Manzano Mountains includes Los Moyos Limestone and Wild Cow Formation; in Lucero Mesa includes Gray Mesa, Atrasdo, and Red Tanks Members; in Sacramento Mountains includes Beeman and Holder Formations; may include strata lumped as Magdalena Group in a few areas
Tertiary intrusive rocks; undifferentiated
Bull Canyon Formation; Norian
Grayburg and Queen Formations; sandstone, gypsum, anhydrite, dolomite, and red mudstone; Guadalupian
Point Lookout Sandstone; regressive marine sandstone in McKinley and Sandoval Counties. The lower, Hosta Tongue, of Point Lookout is transgressive and is separated from main body by the Satan Tongue of Mancos Shale; Santonian - Campanian
Lewis Shale; marine shale and mudstone
Lower Oligocene and Eocene volcanic rocks, undifferentiated; dominantly intermediate composition, with interbedded volcaniclastic rocks; (31-44 Ma)
Upper Tertiary sedimentary units; includes Bidahochi Formation, the Picuris Formation, and Las Feveras Formation, and locally fanglomerates; Pliocene to upper Miocene
Fence Lake Formation; conglomerate and conglomeratic sandstone, coarse fluvial volcanoclastic sediments, minor eolian facies, and pedogenic carbonates of the southern Colorado Plateau region; Miocene
Basalt and andesite flows; Pliocene
Gypsiferous eolian deposits
Moreno Hill Formation and Atarque Sandstone; in Salt Lake coal field and extreme southern Zuni basin; Turonian
Graneros Shale; limited to northeastern area; Cenomanian
Rio Salado Tongue of the Mancos Shale. Overlies Twowells Tongue of Dakota Sandstone; mapped only where Tres Hermanos Formation or the Atarque Sandstone is present; mapped as Kdr in parts of Socorro County; Turonian
Poison Canyon Formation; Paleocene, Raton Basin
Hueco Formation; limestone unit restricted to south-central area; Pendejo Tongue divides Abo Formation into upper and lower parts; Wolfcampian
Carlile Shale; limited to northeastern area; Turonian-Coniacian
San Andres Limestone and Glorieta Sandstone; Guadalupian and Leonardian
Lower Oligocene silicic (or felsic) flows, domes, and associated pyroclastic rocks and intrusions; includes Mimbres Peak Formation
Greenhorn Formation; limited to northeastern area. The Upper member (Bridge Creek Limestone) can be traced into western area where it is commonly shown as a bed-rank unit in Mancos Shale on detailed maps
Tres Hermanos Formation; formerly designated as Lower Gallup Sandstone in the Zuni Basin; Turonian
Neogene volcanic rocks; primarily in Jemez Mountains
Middle and Lower Proterozoic plutonic rocks, undivided
Rustler Formation; siltstone, gypsum, sandstone, and dolomite; Upper Permian
Yates and Tansill Formations; sandstone, siltstone, limestone, dolomite, and anhydrite; Guadalupian
Jurassic rocks, Middle and Upper, undivided
Volcanic and some volcaniclastic rocks, undifferentiated; lower Miocene and Upper Oligocene (younger than 29 Ma)
Lower Proterozoic metasedimentary rocks (1650-1700 Ma). Essentially equivalent to Hondo Group; locally includes high-grade quartzite-pelitic schist of unknown age
Entrada Sandstone, Middle Jurassic; Callovian
Seven Rivers Formation; gypsum, anhydrite, salt, dolomite, and siltstone; Guadalupian
Garita Creek Formation; Carnian
Animas Formation; in northeast San Juan Basin
Pictured Cliffs Sandstone; prominent cliff-forming marine sandstone
Santa Rosa Formation; Carnian; includes Moenkopi Formation (Middle Triassic) at base in most areas
Chuska Sandstone; restricted to Chuska Mountains
Cliff House Sandstone; transgressive marine sandstone; Campanian
Menefee Formation; mudstone, shale, and sandstone; coal-bearing
Gallup Sandstone; generally regressive marine sandstone; Turonian
Satan Tongue of Mancos Shale
Graneros Shale and Greenhorn Formation; limited to northeastern area; lower Turonian and Cenomanian
Lower Proterozoic metamorphic rocks, dominantly mafic (1720-1760 Ma)
Basaltic and andesitic volcanics interbedded with Pleistocene and Pliocene sedimentary units
Zuni and Entrada Sandstones, undivided
Quartz monzonites (Eocene) in the Silver City and Los Pinos Range, intermediate intrusives of the Cooke's Range (Oligocene), and other intermediate to felsic dikes and plugs of Oligocene and Eocene age
Salado Formation; evaporite sequence; Upper Permian
Castile Formation; dominantly anhydrite sequence; Upper Permian
Cutler Formation; used in northern areas and Chama embayment only
Miocene to Oligocene silicic to intermediate intrusive rocks; dikes, stocks, plugs, and diatremes
Mulatto Tongue of Mancos Shale
Silurian through Cambrian rocks, undivided
Permian rocks, undivided
Pescado Tongue of the Mancos Shale and Gallup Sandstone; in Zuni Basin only. Pescado is chrono-stratigraphic equivalent of Juana Lopez Member of Mancos Shale; Turonian
Trujillo Formation; Norian
Middle Tertiary volcanic rocks, undifferentiated
Gallup Sandstone and underlying D-Cross Tongue of the Mancos Shale; Turonian
Fort Hays Limestone Member of Niobrara Formation
Lower Cretaceous, undivided; in northern Lea and Roosevelt Counties includes equivalents of Tucumcari Shale. In Cornudas Mountains includes Campogrande, Cox and other Washita Group formations, and the Boquillas Formation; Cenomanian. In the southwest includes Hell-To-Finish, U-Bar, and Mojado Formations which are equivalent to Bisbee Group of Arizona
Andesitic volcanics
Mancos Formation and Beartooth Quartzite (and Sarten Sandstone); Mancos includes what was formerly referred to as Colorado Shale which in turn may include equivalents of Tres Hermanos Formation
Hinsdale Basalt; northern Taos and eastern Rio Arriba Counties; basalt flows interbedded with Los Pinos Formation
Bursum Formation; shale, arkose, and limestone; earliest Permian
Triassic rocks, undivided; continental red beds
Basaltic volcanics; tuff rings, cinders, and proximal lavas
Paleogene and Upper Cretaceous intrusive rocks; includes Hanover, Fierro, Tyrone, and Lordsburg granodiorite-quartz monzonite porphyries
Mississippian and Devonian rocks, undivided; includes the Lake Valley Limestone, Caballero, Las Cruces, Rancheria, and Helms Formations and Escabrosa Group; Mississippian; the Onate, Sly Gap, Contadero Formations, and Percha Shale of south-central New Mexico, and Canutillo Formation of Northern Franklin Mountains and Bishops Cap area; Devonian
Mississippian rocks, undivided; Arroyo Penasco Group in Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Sierra Nacimiento, San Pedro Mountain, and Sandia Mountains; Lake Valley Limestone in south-central New Mexico
Upper Cretaceous, undivided. Includes Virden Formation in northern Hidalgo County, Ringbone Formation in Hidalgo and Luna and Grant Counties, and locally Beartooth and Sarten, Mancos in Silver City area; Cenomanian - Maastrichtian for most part, although Beartooth is pre-Cenomanian
Vermejo Formation and Trinidad Sandstone; Maastrichtian
Mississippian through Cambrian rocks, undivided; includes Lake Valley Limestone; Mississippian; Devonian rocks, undivided; El Paso Formation and Montoya Group (or Formation); Ordovician; and Bliss Sandstone; Cambrian and Ordovician
Valles Rhyolite; Jemez Mountains area only
Middle Tertiary felsic shallow-intrusive rocks; phonolites and trachytes of northeastern N.M.; includes the rhyolite of Ash Mountain
Panther Seep Formation; Organ, Franklin, and San Andres Mountains
Hosta Tongue of Point Lookout Sandstone; transgressive marine sandstone
Silicic volcanic rocks
Ojo Alamo Formation; Paleocene, San Juan Basin
Travertine
Rock Point Formation of Chinle Group; Upper Triassic. May locally include Lukachukai Member of Wingate Sandstone
Sandia Formation; predominately clastic unit (commonly arkosic) with minor black shales, and limestone in lower part; locally includes Osha Canyon Formation in Nacimiento Mountains
Redonda Formation
Quartermaster and Rustler Formations; Upper Permian
Dakota Sandstone and Rio Salado Tongue of the Mancos Shale. In northwest Socorro County locally includes overlying Tres Hermanos Formation
Paleozoic rocks, undivided
Lead Camp Formation; San Andres and Organ Mountains
Yeso, Glorieta and San Andres Formations, undivided
Capitan Formation; Upper Guadalupian age limestone (reef facies)
McRae Formation; Engle basin - Cutter sag area; Maastrichtian
Cretaceous rocks, undivided
Sangre de Cristo Formation, in Sangre de Cristo Mountains
Poison Canyon and Raton Formations; undivided
Ordovician-Cambrian plutonic rocks of Florida Mountains
Glacial deposits; till and outwash: upper and middle Pleistocene
Uppermost Cretaceous andesite flows; restricted to southwestern area
Quartermaster Formation; red sandstone and siltstone; Upper Permian
Greenhorn Formation and Carlile Shale, undivided; locally includes Graneros Shale
Upper and Middle Tertiary mafic intrusive rocks
Lower part of Abo Formation; Wolfcampian, and in part Virgilian ?
Zuni Sandstone; consists of undivided equivalents of the Summerville Formation and Bluff Sandstone; restricted to Zuni Basin area
Lower Proterozoic metamorphic rocks, undivided
Ordovician and Cambrian rocks, undivided; includes Bliss Sandstone, El Paso Formation, and Montoya Formation (or Group)
Cherry Canyon Formation; basin facies-sandstone, limestone, and shale
Upper part of Abo Formation; Wolfcampian
Lower Proterozoic rocks, undivided
Madera Limestone, exotic blocks; present only in the Chloride area of Sierra County
Moenkopi Formation; Middle Triassic
Silurian and Ordovician rocks, undivided
Cutoff Shale; in Brokeoff Mountains only
Victorio Peak Limestone; in Brokeoff Mountains only
Abo and Yeso Formations, undivided
sand deposits, undivided
Blackwater Draw Formation
Ogallala Formation
Percha Shale; southern Caballo Mountains; includes the Onate and Sly Gap Formations
CIMARRON- Generally semiconsolidated clay, silt, sand, gravel, and caliche 0 to 400 feet thick. BEAVER- Interbedded sand, siltstone, clay, gravel lenses, and thin limestone. Caliche common near surface but occurrence is not limited to the surface. Caliche accounts for most of the white color in the Ogallala. Other colors generally light tan or buff but locally may be pastel shades of almost any color. The Laverne and Rexroad Formations of Pliocene age and the Meade Group and Odee (of local usage) and other formations of Pleistocene age occur locally and are included with the Ogallala Formation, 0-700 feet thick. WOODWARD- Gravel, sand, silt, clay, caliche, and limestone, locally cemented with calcium carbonate. Generally light-tan to gray to white. Thickness ranges up to 400 feet and probably averages 150 feet. CLINTON- Gray to light-brown, fine- to medium-grained sand with some, clay, silt, gravel, volcanic ash, and caliche beds; locally cemented by calcium carbonate. Thickness ranges from 0 to about 320 feet. The formation thins eastward.
disturbed ground, manmade
Bell Canyon Formation; basin facies-sandstone, limestone, and shale; Guadalupian
La Ventana Tongue of the Cliff House Sandstone
CIMARRON- Buff to light-brown, fine- to medium-grained, thin bedded to massive sandstone with interbedded shales.
Uppermost Cretaceous intrusive rocks; restricted to Copper Flats area in Sierra County
Includes Broadway and Louviers Alluviums
Includes basalts of Hinsdale Fm in San Juan Mountains - Servilleta Fm in San Luis Valley and many other occurrences
Includes several named units
Middle Proterozoic sedimentary rocks of the Sacramento Mountains
sand sheet deposits
Quaternary-Tertiary bolson deposits
caliche deposits
dune sand sheet deposits
Hueco Limestone
Intertongues complexly with units overlying Mesaverde Group or Formation; lower part consists of a calcareous Niobrara equivalent and Frontier Sandstone and Mowry Shale Members; in areas where the Frontier and Mowry Members (Kmfm), or these and the Dakota Sandstone (Kfd) are distinguished, map unit (Km) consists of shale above Frontier Member
Includes Silver Plume, Sherman, Cripple Creek, St. Kevin, Vernal Mesa, Curecanti, Eolus, and Trimble Granites or Quartz Monzonites; also, San Isabel Granite of Boyer (1962) and unnamed granitic rocks
alluvial fan deposits
Includes Piney Creek Alluvium and younger deposits
alluvium
Cretaceous rocks, undivided
CIMARRON- Upper shale unit: Varicolored siltstone or claystone, conglomerate, fine-grained sandstone, and limestone. Lower sandstone unit: Varicolored, fine- to coarse-grained sandstone with some clay and interbedded shale.
Terrace deposits
Arkosic sandstone and shale, volcaniclastic conglomerate, and andesite flows and breccia
Quartzite, conglomerate, and interlayered mica schist
Leona Formation
CIMARRON- Kiowa Shale Member: Gray to black fossiliferous shale with sandstone in the upper part. Thickness ranges from 0 to 50 +/- feet. Cheyenne Sandstone Member: Massive, white to buff, fine- to medium-grained sandstone, containing some conglomerate in the lower part, from 0 to 120 +/- feet thick.
In northwest and west-central: Major coal beds in lower part; Rollins Sandstone Member at base in Delta, Gunnison, and Pitkin Counties. In southwest: sandstone and shale.
bolson deposits
Trujillo Formation
sand dune deposits
Mingus Formation
Volcaniclastic conglomerate interbedded with basalt flows of Hinsdale Fm (Tbb) on east flank of San Juan Mountains. Grades laterally into Santa Fe Fm of San Luis Valley
Unconsolidated to weakly consolidated alluvial fan, terrace, and basin-floor deposits with moderate to strong soil development. Fan and terrace deposits are primarily poorly sorted, moderately bedded gravel and sand, and basin-floor deposits are primarily sand, silt, and clay. (10-750 ka)
Shale, sandstone, and major coal beds; sandstone
Siltstone, sandstone, and conglomerate
Arkosic sandstone, siltstone, and shale; contains major coal deposits in Raton Basin
Locally contains minor hornblende gneiss, calc-silicate rock, quartzite, and marble. Derived principally from sedimentary rocks
Arkosic conglomerate, sandstone, and siltstone
Arkosic conglomerate, sandstone, and shale
Loose to well-cemented sand and gravel
CIMARRON- Clay, silt, sand, and gravel 0 to 100 feet thick. TEXAS- Sand, silt, clay, and gravel located in valleys of principal streams. Thickness not known but may exceed 100 feet in North Canadian River valley and may be 50 to 100 feet in lower parts of valleys of Coldwater and Palo Duro Creeks BEAVER - Sand, gravel, silt, and clay in discontinuous lenses along courses of larger streams. 0-50 feet thick
CIMARRON- Massive, white to buff, fine- to medium-grained sandstone 0 to 50 +/- feet thick.
CIMARRON- Dark, dense to vesicular volcanic rock 50 to 85 +/- feet thick forming cap rock of Black Mesa.
CIMARRON- Varicolored fine-grained sandstone, limestone, dolomite, shale, and conglomerate 0 to 470 +/- feet thick.
sand, silt, clay, and gravel. locally indurated with calcium carbonate (caliche); includes point bar, natural levee, stream channel, sand dune, terrace, alluvial fan, landslide bolson and playa deposits
Tan sandstone (Dakota Sandstone) overlain by gray shale (Mancos Shale); deposited in beach, river delta, and shallow sea settings. The Mancos Shale is overlain by the Mesaverde Group (map unit Kmv). This unit includes related sandstone and shale exposed near Show Low, Morenci (Pinkard Formation), and around Deer Creek south of Globe. (about 88-97 Ma)