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Hydrologic maps and data in the Mimbres Basin, New Mexico

This report was prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the New Mexico State Engineer Office and lists well and spring data, including well locations, water levels, well yields, and chemical analyses of well and spring water. Maps in the report show well locations, water-level contours, and water-level declines at a scale of 1:250,000.

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Water resources data for New Mexico, water year 1976

Water resources data for the 1976 water year for New Mexico consist of records of discharge and water quality of streams; stage, contents and water quality of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water quality in wells and springs. This report contains discharge records for 212 gaging stations; stage and contents for 24 lakes and reservoirs; water quality for 67 gaging stations, 19 partial-record stations, 1 reservoir, 8 springs and 205 wells; and water levels for 98 observation wells. Also included are 155 crest-stage partial-record stations and 3 low-flow partialrecord stations. Additional water data were collected at various sites, not part of the systematic data collection program, and are published as miscellaneous measurements. These data represent that part of the National Water Data System operated by the U.S. Geological Survey and cooperating State and Federal agencies in New Mexico.

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Pleistocene apparent ages by U-Pb isotope and U-series methods for uranium ore in Dakota Sandstone near Gallup, New Mexico

Radiometric dates of a high-grade uranium ore from the Hogback No. 4 mine in Dakota Sandstone near Gallup, N. Mex., indicate a late Pleistocene age of mineralization. The 206 Pb/ 238 U and 207 Pb/ 235 U apparent ages of about 70 000 yr and 100000 yr, respectively, are discordant, but are in broad agreement with the discordant 230 Th/ 238 U and 231 Pa/ 235 U apparent ages of 130000 yr and 78000 yr, respectively. Although it is not clear how the analyzed sample relates to the main period of mineralization at this mine, these dates are consistent with previous age limits suggested for Dakota Sandstone uranium-ores.

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Transport and dispersion of fluorescent tracer particles for the dune-bed condition, Atrisco Feeder Canal near Bernalillo, New Mexico

A tracer technique in which mineral particles were coated with fluorescent dyes was used to study the rates of transport and dispersion of sediment particles`of various diameters and specific gravities for a dune-bed condition in an alluvial channel. The experiment was conducted in the Atrisco Feeder Canal near Bernalillo, N. Mex., between May 1 and July 14, 1967. A continuous point source of tracers, approximated by injections at 5- or 10-minute intervals, was maintained for 7 days so that the steady-dilution procedure could be used to calculate the transport rate of bed material. After termination of the injection process, the spatial-integration procedure was used to follow the movement of the tracers downstream and to calculate the transport rate. Samples of the bed material in transport and the accompanying tracers moving along the surface of the dune bed were obtained periodically throughout the study with the "dustpan" sampler especially designed for fluorescent tracer studies. In addition, the spatial distributions of the tracers in the dune bed were determined three times during the study by core sampling.

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Schlumberger soundings in the Las Cruces, New Mexico area

In 1973 the U.S. Geological Survey contracted for 50 symmetric Schlumberger soundings from Geoterrex Ltd. to be run in the Las Cruces, New Mexico area to aid in hydrologic studies. During 1974 and 1975 the U.S. Geological Survey added 100 additional symmetric Schlumberger soundings to increase the areal coverage of the 1973 survey. Measurements made by Geoterrex are so labeled on the sounding curve graphs. Soundings made by the U.S. Geological Survey are denoted by a letter and a number. Figure 1 shows the index map for the location, number, and azimuth of the sounding station. The maximum electrode spacing ranged from AB/2 = 25 m (82 ft) to AB/2 - 4,877 m (16,000 ft). All the sounding curves were automatically processed and interpreted as shown in the graphs given in the appendix.

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Flood discharges of streams in New Mexico as related to channel geometry

This report describes the results of a study relating flood characteristics to the reference width of the channel. Data from 79 gaging stations, which would provide estimates of floods of a 10-year recurrence interval and at which channel geometry could be adequately measured in the field, were used in these analyses. The peak discharges for recurrence intervals of 2, 5, 10, 25, and 50 years were determined for each station and are given in tabular form where appropriate. Features that define the reference width vary with location and stream type. A discussion is given of the features that were used in measuring reference widths. The relation between the magnitude of floods of various frequencies and the reference width and main-channel slope was reliable with a standard error of about 65 percent for most of the areas of the State; however, no reliable relation could be found for many stream channels in a large area of southeastern New Mexico, and it is recommended that the relation not be used in that area. The reasons for this difficulty is believed to be due to recent channel entrenchment in the area.

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Water resources data for New Mexico, water year 1975

Water resources data for the 1975 water year for New Mexico consist of records of discharge and water quality of streams; stage, contents and water quality of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water quality in wells and springs. This report contains discharge records for 201 gaging stations; stage and contents far 23 lakes and reservoirs; water quality for 62 gaging stations, 77 partial-record flow stations, 1 reservoir, 47 springs and 197 wells; and water levels for 93 observation wells. Also included are 162 crest-stage partial-record stations and 2 low-flow partial-record stations. Additional water data were collected at various sites, not part of the systematic da,ta collection program, and are pu,blis"Q,ed as miscellaneous measurements. These data represent that part of the National Water Data System operated by the U.S. Geological Survey and cooperating State and Federal agencies in New Mexico.

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Cenozoic deposits of southeastern New Mexico and an outline of the history of evaporite dissolution

Sedimentary records of Cenozoic history in southeastern New Mexico begin with the Ogallala Formation of Miocene and Pliocene age. Later records include the Gatuna Formation of early or middle Pleistocene age, Mescalero caliche, an informal term, of middle Pleistocene age, and fluvial deposits of late Pleistocene age but there are many gaps in the record. The modern landscape is the result of erosion and deposition in climates that have ranged from semihumid to semiarid as well as dissolution of soluble rocks in Permian formations in the subsurface. This dissolution may have begun as early as Jurassic time and has continued intermittently to the present.

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