Field Guides
We offer a number of publications that can help understand the geology around you while you explore New Mexico. You also might want to bring along a copy of our Geologic Highway Map of New Mexico for all your geologic adventures.
- Scenic Trips in to the Geologic Past
- A series of guidebooks to various geologically interesting regions in and around New Mexico.
- Decision Makers Field Guides
- Field guides prepared to educate decision makers about topical issues in New Mexico.
- Public Lands
- Geologic field guides about public lands in New Mexico.
- Mines, Minerals, and Gold Brochures
- These are free downloads providing information on mineral collection, gold panning, and mines and mills in New Mexico
- New Mexico Geological Society Publications
- Fall Field Conference Guidebooks, Special Publications, and the Geologic Highway Map of New Mexico (produced in cooperation with the Bureau).
- Classic Upper Paleozoic Reefs and Bioherms of West Texas and New Mexico
- By Peter A. Scholle, Robert H. Goldstein, and Dana S. Ulmer-Scholle
Miscellaneous Other Guidebooks:
| Stock# | Title | Price |
|---|---|---|
| B-134 | Field Excursions to the Jemez Mountains, New Mexico, Self, Stephen; Heiken, G.; Sykes, M. L.; Wohletz, K.; Fisher, R. V.; Dethier, D. P., 1996, 72 pages. | $13.00Buy Now |
| B-137 | Field Guide to Geologic Excursions in New Mexico and Adjacent Areas of Texas and Colorado, Julian, B.; Zidek, J., 1991, 192 pages. | $14.75Buy Now |
| B-149 | Fieldtrip Guide to the Geochronology of El Malpais National Monument and the Zuni-Bandera Volcanic Field, Laughlin, A. William; Charles, R. W.; Reid, K.; White, C., 1993, 23 pages. | $7.00Buy Now |
| C-154 | Guidebook to Coal Geology of Northwest New Mexico, Beaumont, Edward C.; Shomaker, J. W.; Stone, W. J., 1976, 58 pages. | $8.50Buy Now |
| C-163 | Guidebook to Rio Grande Rift in New Mexico and Colorado, complied by Hawley, John W., 1978, 241 pages. | $20.00Buy Now |
| GDBK-33 | Road Logs to Albuquerque Country, Grambling, J.A., Wells, S.G., Callender, J.F.; [eds.], 1982, 124 pages, NMGS, [Softcover]. | $5.00Buy Now |
| Nmparks-1 | Geology of Northern New Mexico's Parks, Monuments, and Public Lands, Price, L. Greer; [ed.], 2010, ISBN: 9781883905255. | $24.95Buy Now |
| OFR-22 | Geologic guide to the trails at Philmont Scout Ranch, Balk, Robert, 1953, 74 pages, [CD-ROM on demand]. |
$10.00Buy Now
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| Quebradas_Guide | A Geologic Guide to the Quebradas Back Country Byway, Peter A. Scholle, 2010, Bureau/BLM. | |
| SP-7 | Field Guide to Selected Cauldrons and Mining Districts of the Datil-Mogollon Volcanic Field, New Mexico, Chapin, C. E.; Elston, W. E.; James, H. L.; [eds.], 1978, 149 pages, NMGS, [Softcover]. | $5.00Buy Now |
New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources
New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology
801 Leroy Place
Socorro, NM 87801-4796
information: (575) 835-5420
fax: (575) 835-6333
http://geoinfo.nmt.edu
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