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GEOLOGIC CROSS SECTIONS

NMBMMR Open File Map SeriesOF–GM–4

Map last modified 5 April 2000Plate II of II.

NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCESA DIVISION OF NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY

byKarl E. Karlstrom1, Sean D. Connell2, Charles A. Ferguson3,

Adam S. Read4, Glenn R. Osburn5, Eric Kirby1, John Abbott6,Christopher Hitchcock7, Keith Kelson7, Jay Noller7,Thomas Sawyer7, Steven Ralser6, David W. Love4,

Matthew Nyman1, and Paul W. Bauer 4

1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 871312New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Albuquerque, NM 87106

3Arizona Geological Survey, 416 W. Congress, #100, Tucson, AZ 857014New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM 87801

5Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 631306Department of Earth and Environmental Science,

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 878017William Lettis & Associates, Inc., 1777 Botelho Dr., Suite 26 2, Walnut Creek, CA 945 96

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Dr. Paul W . BauerGeologic MappingProgram Director

Geology of the Tijeras quadrangle,Bernalillo County, New Mexico

Plate II of II.5 April 2000 Revision

Cross sections are constructed based upon the interpretations of theauthors made from geologic mapping, and available geophysicaland subsurface (drillhole) data. Cross sections should be used as anaid to understanding the general geologic framework of the maparea, and not be the sole source of information for use in locating ordesigning wells, buildings, roads, or other man-made structures.

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