Earth and Planetary Sciences ETDs
Publication Date
5-20-1956
Abstract
This thesis gives a history of the terminology of each of the formations found in the Mud Springs Mountains as well as a discussion of the characteristics of each. The Mud Springs Mountains Section of Paleozoic rocks is 3660 feet thick. Parts of all the Paleozoic systems are represented except the Silurian and Mississippian. The Bliss sandstone is 145 feet thick, the lower 65 feet being late Cambrian and the upper 80 feet being early Ordovician. The El Paso limestone of early Ordovician age is 460 feet thick.
Degree Name
Earth and Planetary Sciences
Level of Degree
Masters
Department Name
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
First Committee Member (Chair)
Stuart Alvord Northrop
Second Committee Member
J. Paul Fitzsimmons
Third Committee Member
Vincent Cooper Kelley
Language
English
Document Type
Thesis
Recommended Citation
Hill, John Davis. "Paleozoic Stratigraphy of the Mud Springs Mountains, Sierra County, New Mexico." (1956). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/eps_etds/159
Index Map of Sierra County, New Mexico
HILL_FIGURE_2_Final.pdf (741213 kB)
Geologic Map and Structure Sections of Mud Springs Mountains, New Mexico
HILL_FIGURE_3_Final.pdf (587777 kB)
Columnar Sections
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