Document Details
Title:
MAP, GEOLOGY OF NORTHWESTERN QUAY COUNTY NEW MEXICO, SHEET 2 SUBSURFACE GEOLOGY
Author(s):
Subject Terms:
MAPS; TRINITY EVENT; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATIONS; ENERGY
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
OTHER
Document Type Other:
DATA
Publication Date:
1946 Dec 31
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0001
Accession Number:
NV0007263
Originating Research Org.:
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 26
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS OF PARTS OF NORTHWESTERN QUAY COUNTY, N. MEX., INDICATE THAT UNTESTED STRUCTURAL AND STRATIGRAPHIC OIL TRAPS MAY OCC UR IN THE AREA. THE DISTRIBUTION AND STRUCTURE OF THE MESOZOIC AND CE NOZOIC ROCKS THAT CONSTITUTE THE SURFACE FORMATIONS ARE SHOWN ON THE A CCOMPANYING GEOLOGIC MAP. THE STRATIGRAPHY OF THE MESOZOIC STRATA THA T CROP OUT, AND OF THE UNDERLYING PALEOZOIC ROCKS, IS SHOWN IN SEVERAL LINES OF GRAPHIC SECTIONS. THE AREA LIES IN THE CANADIAN RIVER VALLEY WITHIN THE GREAT PLAINS PRO VINCE AT THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE LLANO ESTACADO. THE DOMINANT ST RUCTURAL FEATURES ARE BROAD OPEN FOLDS, ONE OF WHICH IS BROKEN BY A NORMAL FAULT. THE FOLDS HAVE BEEN MODIFIED LOCALLY BY SUBSIDENCE OF S URFICIAL ROCKS ALONG BELTS OF SOLUTION IN UNDERLYING STRATA. THE GENTLE FOLDS THAT CHARACTERIZE THIS AREA WERE DEVELOPED DURING SEV ERAL GEOLOGIC PERIODS. BECAUSE OF THIS LACK OF PARALLELISM BETWEEN OL DER AND YOUNGER STRUCTRUAL FEATURES HAVE BEEN DRAWN ON THE LOWEST POSS IBLE EXPOSED DATUM IN AN EFFORT TO APPROXIMATE MORE CLOSELY THE POSITI ON OF LATE PALEOZOIC STRUCTURAL FEATURES.