Uranium hydrogeochemical survey of well waters from an area around Pie Town, Catron County, West-Central New Mexico, including concentrations of twenty-three additional elements

Morgan, T.L.; George, W.E.; Hensley, W.K.; Thomas, G.J.; Langhorst, A.L.

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“…AS part of the U.S. Department of Energy's NURE program, much of Cibola County was examined as part of the Albuquerque, Gallup, St. Johns, and Socorro 1-by 2-degree topographic quadrangles , b: Pierson et al, 1982: May et al, 1982. Hydrogeochemical and stream-sediment chemical data are by Sharp et al (1978), Maassen and Bolivar (1979), Purson (1981), Maassen and La Delfe (1980), Morgan (1981), Planner (1980), and Olsen (1982). Aerial radiometric and magnetic data are by Geometrics (1979), Texas Instruments, Inc. (1979, High…”

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A preliminary mineral-resource potential of Cibola County, northwestern New Mexico

McLemore,

Broadhead,

Roybal

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During the spring, 1985, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources (NMBMMR) entered a cooperative agreement to prepare a preliminary mineral-resource inventory and assessment of northwestern New Mexico, including Valencia, Cibola, McKinley, San Juan, and western Rio Arriba Counties. This is the third of. six reports describing the geology and mineral-resource potential of northern New Mexico. The first report describes the methodology and classification of mineral-resource potential used in this report and includes a summary of the mineral-resource potential of Cibola County. These reports are based upon time consuming analyses of all available data, published and unpublished, by a group of geologists and technical support staff. Without this team effort this project would be impossible. In addition to the coauthors of the final report, many other people at the NMBMMR and BLM provided assistance, especially in reviewing the rough drafts. This report is organized into a text, appendices, and supporting figures, maps (scale 1:100,000), and tables. Known mineral occurrences, mines, and deposits, including material pits, are briefly described in Appendix 1 and plotted on 1:100,000 scale maps. Mineral-resource potential of various commodities is discussed in the text and also shown on 1:100,000 scale maps.

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A preliminary mineral-resource potential of Cibola County, northwestern New Mexico

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“…Coal is present in the Cretaceous Dakota Sandstone and the lower and upper members of the Cretaceous Moreno Hill Formation (McLellan and others, 1984). Other possible resources of the area include uranium (Morgan, 1980), petroleum (Foster, 1964), salt (Bradbury, 1967;San Filipo, 1982), cinders, and geothermal resources (Levitte and Gambill, 1980). The major industry in the area is cattle ranching.…”

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Geohydrology and potential hydrologic effects of surface coal mining of the San Augustine coal area and adjacent areas, Catron and Cibola counties, New Mexico

Myers¹

1992

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The San Augustine Coal Area is located in northwestern Catron County and southwestern Cibola County in west-central New Mexico. Coal is present in the Cretaceous Dakota Sandstone and in the upper and lower members of the Moreno Hill Formation of the Cretaceous Mesaverde Group. The coal that is being considered for surface mining is in the Moreno Hill Formation. Aquifers are present in the Triassic Chinle Formation; Cretaceous units, including the main body of the Dakota Sandstone, the Mancos Shale and intertongued Dakota Sandstone, and Mesaverde Group; the Tertiary Baca Formation and Datil Group; and the Quaternary alluvium. The potentiometric surface of each aquifer is controlled by the surface-water drainage system and topography. The water in these aquifers generally is fresh (dissolved-solids concentrations less than 1,000 milligrams per liter) but locally is brackish (dissolved-solids concentrations 1,000 to 10,000 milligrams per liter). The aquifers in the Dakota Sandstone, Mesaverde Group, and Quaternary alluvium would be affected most by mining activities in the area. Wells and springs within the excavated area would be destroyed. The major effect of mine dewatering or the production of large quantities of water for mining activities could be the lowering of water levels in existing wells. Zuni Salt Lake and a small cinder-cone lake that contain brine (dissolved-solids concentrations greater than 100,000 milligrams per liter) are in a maar about 18 miles northwest ofQuemado, New Mexico. This area has long been used by Pueblo Indians for religious purposes and for the production of salt. On October 28,1985, the specific conductance of the water was 221,000 microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius in Zuni Salt Lake and was 148,000 microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius in the cinder-cone lake. Sodium and chloride are the dominant ions in both lakes. Several sources of surface water and ground water feed these lakes. The surface water generally is fresh, but the ground water varies from fresh to brine. Coal-mining activities within the subbasins that contribute surface-water runoff to Zuni Salt Lake could decrease the quality of the salt produced, the discharge from Smith Spring, and the volume of water in Zuni Salt Lake. Any activity that lowers the potentiometric surface of ground water in the Cretaceous sedimentary rocks within the vicinity of the Zuni Salt Lake maar could decrease the flow from brackish seeps in the maar and decrease the quantity of water in the maar-floor alluvium.

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Uranium hydrogeochemical survey of well waters from an area around Pie Town, Catron County, West-Central New Mexico, including concentrations of twenty-three additional elements

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A preliminary mineral-resource potential of Cibola County, northwestern New Mexico

A preliminary mineral-resource potential of Cibola County, northwestern New Mexico

Geohydrology and potential hydrologic effects of surface coal mining of the San Augustine coal area and adjacent areas, Catron and Cibola counties, New Mexico

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