New Mexico covers a wide variety of geologic terranes. The eastern third of the state is high plains, with significant oil and gas fields in the southeastern portion of the state. The Rio Grande River runs north south through the middle of the state in the Rio Grande Rift Valley. The northern third of the rift is bounded on the east and west by the Southern Rocky Mountains. The western third of the state is divided into a northern half of the Colorado Plateau, the Mogollon-Datil volcanic field and in the southwest the Basin and Range province.
The state has been an important producer of copper, uranium, potash and molybdenum, with significant production of lead, zinc, gold and silver.
Courtesy USGS
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References
Chronic, H. (1987): Roadside geology of New Mexico. Mountain Press Publishing Company, Missoula, MT, 255 pp.
Northrop, S. A. (1996): Minerals of New Mexico. 3rd ed., revised by F. A. LaBruzza, University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM, USA, 346 pp.
Lindren, Graton and Gordon (1910) The Ore Deposits of New Mexico. USGS PP 68
Virginia T. McLemore, David M. Sutphin, Daniel R Hack and Tim C. Pease (1996) Mining history and mineral resources of the Mimbres Resource Area, Doña Ana, Luna, Hidalgo, and Grant Counties, New Mexico. NMBGMR Open-file Report - 424
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