An important part of the mission of the Bureau of Geology is to distribute accurate geoscience information about the natural resources, hazards, and geologic history of New Mexico. We serve a broad audience, from professional geoscientists and university professors to grade-school children and their teachers, as well as influential decision makers and the general public. Our world-class mineral museum supports a large visitor population and runs programs for teachers and students. Our publications and periodicals such as Earth Matters and Lite Geology, as well as other printed materials, can be purchased at our store or through our web site. We also support and advise student research.
Be sure to browse our many publications.
While many of our titles are for a technical audience, there are several
publications written specifically for teachers, the interested general
public, and amateur geology enthusiasts. Lite
Geology is a free non-technical resource for teachers
that is informative and fun to read. Lite Geology contains a
wealth of classroom resources, including prepared exercises on our site
as well as links to others. Earth
Matters is our free semi-annual general-interest newsletter that
contains information about our activities as well as an earth science
article of topical importance to our state. You can subscribe to
receive an email notification when new issues of either of these free
periodicals are available.
Mineral Museum
School-children and adults alike enjoy visiting our Mineral
Museum (no admission fees) which highlights many of the mineral
districts in New Mexico and elsewhere.
Decision Makers have attended topical
field conferences we have organized to focus on geoscience issues affecting our state. The
fieldguides from these conferences contain articles for a non-technical
audience about important geoscience issues.
