Stratigraphic Analysis of the Queen and Grayburg Formations, Southeastern Chaves County, New Mexico

Author

James L. McSwain

Publication Date

Spring 5-16-1963

Abstract

The area of study lies in southeastern Chaves County, New Mexico, and is a part of the northwest shelf or backreef province of the Permian Basin. The area encompasses all or parts of Tps. 10 through 15 S., Rs. 24 through 31 E.

The Queen and Grayburg formations comprise the lower part of the Artesia group, an upper Guadalupian sequence of Permian shelf rocks above the San Andres formation and below the Ochoan series. The Queen-Grayburg sequence has an average thickness of about 600 feet and is correlative with the Goat Seep reef at the margin of the Delaware Basin, and with the Cherry Canyon formation in the basin.

Degree Name

Earth and Planetary Sciences

Level of Degree

Masters

Department Name

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

First Committee Member (Chair)

Sherman Alexander Wengerd

Second Committee Member

Stuart Alvord Northrop

Third Committee Member

Roger Yates Anderson

Project Sponsors

Roswell Geological Society

Language

English

Keywords

Queen Formation, Grayburg Formation, Chaves County, New Mexico

Document Type

Thesis

Recommended Citation

McSwain, James L.. "Stratigraphic Analysis of the Queen and Grayburg Formations, Southeastern Chaves County, New Mexico." (1963). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/eps_etds/194