New Mexico structural zone—an analogue of the Colorado mineral belt

Sims, P.K.; Stein, Holly J.; Finn, Carol A.

doi:10.1016/s0169-1368(02)00090-2

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“…In other parts of the world, fluid migration-associated geological features (e.g., geothermal systems, epithermal mineralization, and seabed pockmarks) commonly align with structural zones and lineaments (e.g. Barnes et al, 1978;Le Turdu et al, 1999;Sims et al, 2002;Rowland and Sibson, 2004;Pilcher and Argent, 2007).…”

Section: Regional Overviewmentioning

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Jurassic hot spring deposits of the Deseado Massif (Patagonia, Argentina): Characteristics and controls on regional distribution

Guido

Campbell

2011

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

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Jurassic hot spring deposits of the Deseado Massif (Patagonia, Argentina): Characteristics and controls on regional distribution

Guido

Campbell

2011

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

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“…Locations of samples, whole-rock geochemical analyses, QA/QC (quality assurance and quality control), specific methods of analysis for each element, and detection limits are in Appendix 1. Chapin et al, 1978McLemore, 2001;Sims et al, 2002). The Zuni Mountains lie along the Jemez Lineament.…”

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Geology of the Mount Taylor area

Frey¹,

Kelley²,

Zeigler³

et al. 2020

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We gratefully dedicate this special publication about the geology of the Mount Taylor area to the Pueblo of Laguna. The Pueblo has supported and participated in both geologic and environmental research in and around Mount Taylor and Jackpile Mine. Mount Taylor is an important cultural site to the Laguna community. In addition, the Pueblo has been impacted by mining activities associated with uranium extraction in the area, including at Jackpile Mine.The Pueblo of Laguna has been working with the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources' mapping program for over a decade. Pueblo approval to access Laguna lands has facilitated the production of six STATEMAP geologic quadrangle maps. These maps were used to compile a geologic map of the Mount Taylor volcano, one of the featured works of the 2021 field conference.The Laguna Environmental & Natural Resources Department (ENRD) also worked closely with several undergraduate and graduate students from New Mexico universities, whose studies focused on uranium mobility and the impact of mining activities at sites such as the Jackpile Mine in northern Laguna Pueblo. ENRD provided escorts, logistics, and site assistance to more than 10 university students and professionals who were participating in "Energize New Mexico," an NSF program dedicated to investigating energy industries that are not carbon emitters. This group of studies, which will also be featured during the 2021 field conference, was preceded by NMT soil and plant studies in the early 2000s and will continue with UNM and NMT health studies.This research direction is indicative of the change in perspective toward mining that Laguna Pueblo has seen in the last one hundred years, from the 1950s "uranium capital of the world" to the modern focus on identifying hazards, remediating sites, and mitigating health effects, a focus described in McLemore et al. (this volume). Mining provided jobs for thousands in McKinley and Cibola counties, including members of the Laguna tribe. Mining also affected the health of citizens within the local communities.The people of Laguna Pueblo have occupied the area since they migrated from Mesa Verde around 1300 A.D. or earlier. Their strong affinity with Mount Taylor, located only about 20 miles from the pueblo, is shared with many indigenous cultures, serving as a spiritual site and for hunting, grazing, farming, and collecting resources. Laguna Pueblo supported what became the successful 2008 designation of Mount Taylor as a Traditional Cultural Property, when the mountain became eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places.Thanks to the Pueblo of Laguna for its dedication to this landscape and for their partnerships with the many groups working in the area.

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“…Great Plains Margin deposits), Rio Grande rift, calderas, and other Eocene-Miocene mining districts in New Mexico [23,24,27,31,32,[48][49][50][51][52][53][54]. GPM districts are summarized in Table 1.…”

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“…Extent of the North American Cordilleran alkaline-igneous belt [2,3,23,24,49]. Mining districts related to the North American Cordilleran alkaline-igneous belt (GPM or reat Plains Margin deposits), Rio Grande rift, calderas, and other Eocene-Miocene mining districts n New Mexico [23,24,27,31,32,[48][49][50][51][52][53][54]. GPM districts are summarized in Table 1.…”

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Rare Earth Elements (REE) Deposits Associated with Great Plain Margin Deposits (Alkaline-Related), Southwestern United States and Eastern Mexico

McLemore

2018

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W.G. Lindgren in 1933 first noted that a belt of alkaline-igneous rocks extends along the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains and Basin and Range provinces from Alaska and British Columbia southward into New Mexico, Trans-Pecos Texas, and eastern Mexico and that these rocks contain relatively large quantities of important commodities such as, gold, fluorine, zirconium, rare earth elements (REE), tellurium, gallium, and other critical elements. In New Mexico, these deposits were called Great Plain Margin (GPM) deposits, because this north-south belt of alkaline-igneous rocks roughly coincides with crustal thickening along the margin between the Great Plains physiographic province with the Basin and Range (including the Rio Grande rift) and Rocky Mountains physiographic provinces, which extends into Trans-Pecos Texas and eastern Mexico. Since 1996, only minor exploration and development of these deposits in New Mexico, Texas, and eastern Mexico has occurred because of low commodity prices, permitting issues, and environmental concerns. However, as the current demand for gold and critical elements, such as REE and tellurium has increased, new exploration programs have encouraged additional research on the geology of these deposits. The lack of abundant quartz in these systems results in these deposits being less resistant to erosion, being covered, and not as well exposed as other types of quartz-rich deposits, therefore additional undiscovered alkaline-related gold and REE deposits are likely in these areas. Deposits of Th-REE-fluorite (±U, Nb) epithermal veins and breccias are found in the several GPM districts, but typically do not contain significant gold, although trace amounts of gold are found in most GPM districts. Gold-rich deposits in these districts tend to have moderate to low REE and anomalously high tungsten and sporadic amounts of tellurium. Carbonatites are only found in New Mexico and Mexico. The diversity of igneous rocks, including alkaline-igneous rocks, and associated mineral deposits along this boundary suggests that this region is characterized by highly fractionated and differentiated, multiple pulses of mantle-derived magmas evolving to lower crustal magmas related to the subduction of the Farallon plate. The differences in incompatible trace elements, including REE and beryllium, between the different granitic to rhyolite rocks are likely related to either differences in the crustal rocks that were assimilated during magmatic differentiation or by potential minor contamination from crustal sources and/or magma mixing. Deep-seated fracture systems or crustal lineaments apparently channeled the magmas and hydrothermal fluids. Once magmas and metal-rich fluids reached shallow levels, the distribution and style of these intrusions, as well as the resulting associated mineral deposits were controlled by local structures and associated igneous rock compositions.

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New Mexico structural zone—an analogue of the Colorado mineral belt

Cited by 9 publications

References 32 publications

Jurassic hot spring deposits of the Deseado Massif (Patagonia, Argentina): Characteristics and controls on regional distribution

Jurassic hot spring deposits of the Deseado Massif (Patagonia, Argentina): Characteristics and controls on regional distribution

Geology of the Mount Taylor area

Rare Earth Elements (REE) Deposits Associated with Great Plain Margin Deposits (Alkaline-Related), Southwestern United States and Eastern Mexico

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