GM-53 — Geology of Northwest Part of Las Cruces 1º x 2º sheet, New Mexico

By W. R. Seager, R. E. Clemons, J. W. Hawley, and R. E. Kelley, 1987, 3 sheets (geologic map, two cross sections and corresponding gravity profile, and a Bouguer anomaly map), scale 1:125,000.

The 26" x 48" geologic map sheet includes approximately 90 unit descriptions, and a small tectonic map of the area. GM-53 is the first in a series of three maps that covers the entire Las Cruces 1º x 2º quadrangle and the northern portion of the El Paso 1º x 2º quadrangle. It is followed by GM-57, Geology of East Half of Las Cruces and Northeast El Paso 1º x 2º sheet, New Mexico, published in 1987. The third and final map in the series, GM-60, Geology of southwest quarter of Las Cruces and northwest El Paso 1º x 2º sheets, New Mexico was published in 1995. More detail is covered in GM 63 and Bulletin 113.