Coal, Uranium, and Oil and Gas in Mesozoic Rocks of the San Juan Basin: Anatomy of a Giant Energy-Rich Basin: Sandia Mountains to Mesita, New Mexico June 30-July 7, 1989

Title Page
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Copyright
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Contents
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Preface
......Page 6
BLUFF SANDSTONE MEMBER......Page 10
DALTON SANDSTONE MEMBER......Page 11
HORSE MESA MEMBER......Page 12
MCDERMOTT MEMBER......Page 13
OJO ALAMO SANDSTONE......Page 14
SAN RAFAEL GROUP......Page 15
WESTWATER CANYON MEMBER......Page 16
GENERAL GEOLOGY......Page 18
GENERAL GEOGRAPHY......Page 19
PRECURSOR EVENTS......Page 22
TRIASSIC......Page 23
JURASSIC......Page 24
CRETACEOUS......Page 25
TERTIARY......Page 26
FRUITLAND FORMATION COAL......Page 28
COAL PRODUCTION......Page 33
CONCLUSION......Page 35
TYPES OF URANIUM DEPOSITS......Page 36
DISTRIBUTION AND CHARACTER OF THE URANIUM DEPOSITS......Page 37
PRODUCTION, RESERVES, AND REASONABLY ASSURED RESOURCES......Page 40
BURIAL HISTORY, THERMAL MATURITY,TIMING OF MIGRATION......Page 42
PRINCIPAL PRODUCING INTERVALS......Page 44
SUMMARY AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT......Page 47
GROUND WATER......Page 48
ENERGY RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AND WATER......Page 50
ANASAZI PERIOD CA. 100 B.C. TO A.D. 1500......Page 51
UTES AND ATHABASKANS......Page 54
VERTEBRATE BIOCHRONOLOGY AND THE CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY......Page 56
ALAMO WASH LOCAL FAUNA......Page 57
PUERCO FAUNA......Page 58
CONCLUSIONS......Page 60
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING......Page 61
STRATIGRAPHIC UNITS AND THICKNESSES......Page 62
ENERGY RESOURCES OF THE ALBUQUERQUE BASIN......Page 63
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 64
ALBUQUERQUE TO TIJERAS CANYON- 6.2 MI10 KM......Page 65
TIJERAS CANYON TO WHITE MESA- 43.4 MI70 KM......Page 66
STOP 1 2 NEAR CANADA DE LA MILPAS......Page 67
STOP 13 LA VENTANA REST AREA......Page 68
STOP 1.4 NEAR MESA PORTALES......Page 69
FROM STOP 1.4 TO CUBA-4.2 MI 7 KM......Page 70
CUBA, NEW MEXICO EL.6960 FT, 2122 M......Page 71
CUBA TO CHACO PARK - 74 MI 119 KM......Page 72
CHACO PARK TO DURANGO, CO - 100 MI 161 KM......Page 73
STOP 2.2 TOP OF PICTURED CLIFFS SANDSTONE-BASE OF FRUITLAND FORMATION......Page 74
DURANGO, COLORADO 6,500 FT, 1980 M......Page 75
SILVERTON TO MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK - 83 MI 133 KM......Page 77
STOP 3.1: PARK POINT......Page 78
CORTEZ, COLORADO EL. 6,200 FT, 1,890 M......Page 79
STOP 4.1; BECLABITO DOME......Page 80
STOP 4.2: RED WASH......Page 81
STOP 43: SHIP ROCK......Page 82
NAVAJO MINE TO FARMINGTON - 17 MI 27 KM......Page 83
INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION......Page 84
STOP 5.1 - CONTACT BETWEEN THE KIRTLAND SHALE AND THE OVERLYING OJO ALAMO SANDSTONE; THE CRETACEOUS-TERTIARYBOUNDARY......Page 85
CROWNPOINT TO CHURCH ROCK 44 MI, 71 KM......Page 86
CROWNPOINT TO CHURCH ROCK URANIUM DISTRICT......Page 87
STOP 5.4 - CHURCH ROCK URANIUM DISTRICT......Page 88
STOP 5.5: CHURCH ROCK ROADCUT......Page 89
GALLUP,NEW MEXICOEL.6,515FT,1,986 M......Page 91
LUPTON TO FT. WINGATE - 34 MI 55 KM......Page 92
STOP 6.3: THOREAU......Page 93
STOP 6.4: TODILTO LIMESTONE MEMBER......Page 94
POISON CANYON MINE TO GRANTS - 15 MI 24 KM......Page 95
GRANTS, NEW MEXICO EL. 6,460 FT, 1,970 M......Page 96
STOP 7.1: MT. TAYLOR URANIUM MINE TOUR......Page 97
RETURN TO GRANTS......Page 98
ACOMA TO ACOMITO LUNCH - 17 MI 27 KM......Page 99
STOP 8.4: THE JACKPILE URANIUM MINE......Page 100
STOP 8.5: MESITA......Page 101
MESITA TO ALBUQUERQUE - 38 MI 61 KM......Page 102
Epilog......Page 103
REFERENCES CITED......Page 104