Geology and petroleum possibilities of west-central New Mexico
Journal Article
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· Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol. Bull.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6385854
Post-Precambrian rocks of this area include only strata of Mississippian and younger ages. Older Paleozoic rocks probably were deposited in W.-central New Mexico, but were removed during various errosional cycles prior to Mississippian deposition. Thin remnants of Mississippian limestone occur in the Ladron, Lemitar, and Magdalena Mts. Pennsylvanian sediments record a complex history of deposition and erosion, as they thin toward the W. from almost 3,000 ft in the Ladron Mts. to zero over the buried ancestral Zuni Mts. Permian evaporite, carbonate, and sandstone thicken southward from less than 1,000 ft in the Zuni Mts. to more than 2,600 ft in parts of Catron County. The best possibility for petroleum accumulation appears to be in unconformity traps in the Pennsylvanian east of the late Paleozoic ancestral Zuni uplift. (Longer abstract available)
- Research Organization:
- New Mexico Bur Mines
- OSTI ID:
- 6385854
- Journal Information:
- Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol. Bull.; (United States), Journal Name: Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol. Bull.; (United States) Vol. 51:1; ISSN AAPGB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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