Water resources and general geology of Grant County, New Mexico
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11864841 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frederick D Trauger (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1972 |
| Publication date | 1972-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | REPORT |
| Publisher | New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.58799/hr-2 |
| OpenAlex | W4385522637 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 11 |
9-Source of water and the annual water requirement for irrigated areas 98 10-Estimated daily rural domestic water requirements 99 11-Water requirements of common livestock 119 12-Records of wells 188 13-Records of springs 192 14-Chemical analyses of water from wells, springs, and rivers 201 15-Driller's logs of selected wells Frontispiece -Gila River 1 1-Map showing areas in New Mexico described in groundwater reports Pocket 2-Geologic map of Grant County Pocket 3-Well locations and water-level contours 2 4-Index map showing available topographic maps 4 5-System of numbering wells and springs 6 6-Index map showing places and features of reference 7 7-View of northern Grant County and adjacent areas from altitude of about 88 miles 8 8-View of northeastern highland looking northwest into Gila Wilderness area 9 9-View of Steeple Rock at south end of Summit Mountains 10 10-View of west front of Little Burro Mountains 11 11-View of southern lowlands from crest of Jacks Mountain 12 12-Floodflow in a normally dry wash crossing a road in Mangas Valley (photo) 16 13-Precipitation at Fort Bayard 17 14-Evaporation losses from open bodies of water in New Mexico 21 15-Geologic structural elements 22 16-View of Duck Creek Valley 23 17-View of southern part of Mangas trench 26 18-Chart showing generalized section of rock formations 28 19-Diagrammatic sections across Grant County 30 20-Hydrologic cycle in southwestern New Mexico 32 21-Schematic diagram showing occurrence of water under conditions commonly found in Grant County 33 22a-Jointed and deeply weathered granitic rock exposed in roadcut on the Silver City-Pinos Altos road (photo) 33 22b-Greenstone of Precambrian age underlying the Bliss Formation in roadcut on State Highway 90 (photo) 35 23-Thin basalt flow interbedded with lower part of Gila Conglomerate southwest of Cliff (photo) 36 24a-Rhyolitic volcanic rocks of Tertiary 'age in Carrizo Canyon (photo) 36 24b-Rhyolitic pyroclastic rocks of Tertiary age at Blue Mountain (photo) 37 25a-Oswaldo Formation composed mostly of limestone, exposed in roadcut in Gooseneck Hill (photo) 38 25b-Fractured and brecciated zone in Oswaldo Formation (photo) 39 26a-Hard, well-cemented sandstone bed in Colorado Formation exposed in roadcut west of Central (photo) 39 26b-Beds of Colorado Formation cut by basic igneous dikes of Tertiary age in roadcut just east of Silver City (photo) 40 27a-Basaltic dike intruding lower part of Gila Conglomerate on-Cottonwood Creek (photo) Page 40 27b-Lower part of Gila Conglomerate on north side of dike shown in fig.27a (photo) 41 28a-Cores of lower part of Gila Conglomerate taken from test well in Pipe Line Draw (photo) 41 28b-Lower part of Gila Conglomerate exposed in bank of draw about 1 mile southwest of Silver City (photo) 41 29a-Lower part of Gila Conglomerate exposed in Pipe Line Draw just north of Tyrone (photo) 41 29b-Lower part of Gila Conglomerate exposed in Carrizo Creek on west side of Black Range (photo) 42 30-Nearly flat beds of Gila Conglomerate 1.4 miles north of Mimbres Ranger Station (photo) 42 31a-Upper part of Gila Conglomerate exposed in road-cut 0.75 mile southwest of Tyrone (photo) 42 31b-Uppermost part of Gila Conglomerate exposed in roadcut east of San Lorenzo (photo) 43 32-Lake deposits exposed in banks of Duck Creek, near Buckhorn (photo) 44 33-Terrace gravel of Quatemary age unconformably overlying upper part of Gila Conglomerate along Blue Creek (photo) 45 34-Alluvium of Holocene age exposed in banks of San Vicente Arroyo (photo) 49 35-Determination of discharge of Mangas Creek with both a 6-inch Parshall flume and a standard current meter (photo) 55 36-Hydrographs of five wells tapping alluvium or bolson deposits on west side of Silver City Range 57 37-Hydrographs of three wells in and near the village of Bayard well field on Cameron Creek 58 38-Hydrographs of two wells on Cameron Creek, up-valley from Bayard City well field 59 39-Hydrographs of three wells near Cliff and Gila, on flood plains of Duck Creek and Gila River 60 40-Hydrographs of wells 18.13.15.434 (near Central) and 19.13.29.421 (near San Vicente Arroyo) 68 41-Hydrograph of well 18.14.30.312 in Woodward well field 69 42-Pumpage and water levels of four wells in vicinity of Woodward well field 72 43-Water levels in well 18.14.30.324 (Woodward No. 1), pump discharge, and barometric pressure during aquifer test 73 44-Effects of pumping wells tapping the Gila 74 45-Hydrographs of three wells near Faywood 84 46-Hydrographs of two wells in Mangas Valley 86 47-Pumpage and water levels in well 3 (18.15.11.323) in the Franks Ranch well field 92 48-Map showing availability of ground water in Grant County 97 49-Hydrographs of three wells in Duck Creek Valley, near Buckhorn 101 50-Hydrographs of two wells adjacent to Bear Creek, near Gila vii
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