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Aeromagnetic maps with geologic interpretations for the Tularosa Valley, south-central New Mexico

Open-File Report 77-258
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr77258

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Abstract

An aeromagnetic survey of the Tularosa Valley in south-central New Mexico has provided information on the igneous rocks that are buried beneath alluvium and colluvium. The data, compiled as residual magnetic anomalies, are shown on twelve maps at a scale of 1:62,500. Measurements of magnetic properties of samples collected in the valley and adjacent highlands give a basis for identifying the anomaly-producing rocks. Precambrian rocks of the crystalline basement have weakly induced magnetizations and produce anomalies having low magnetic intensities and low magnetic gradients. Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic intrusive rocks have moderately to strongly induced magnetizations. Precambrian rocks produce prominent magnetic anomalies having higher amplitudes and higher gradients. The Quaternary basalt has a strong remanent magnetization of normal polarity and produces narrow anomalies having high-magnetic gradients. Interpretations include an increase in elevation to the top of buried Precambrian rock in the northern part of the valley, a large Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic intrusive near Alamogordo, and a southern extension of the intrusive rock exposed in the Jarilla Mountains. Evidence for the southern extension comes from a quantitative analysis of the magnetic anomalies..

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Bath, G.D., 1977, Aeromagnetic maps with geologic interpretations for the Tularosa Valley, south-central New Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-258, ii, 16 p. :ill., 18 maps (12 fold. in 2 envelopes) ;27 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr77258.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Aeromagnetic maps with geologic interpretations for the Tularosa Valley, south-central New Mexico
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 77-258
DOI 10.3133/ofr77258
Year Published 1977
Language ENGLISH
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey,
Description ii, 16 p. :ill., 18 maps (12 fold. in 2 envelopes) ;27 cm.
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