Circular 115 — Records of Wells and Springs in the Socorro and Magdalena Areas, Socorro County, New Mexico, 1968

By Nancy. J. Clark and W. K. Summers, 1971, 51 p.

This circular presents in tabular form
the following data for 523 wells:
Location, owner, altitude, water use, well use, method drilled, year drilled, depth of well, depth cased or first perforations, well finish, water-level yield, temperature; 160 chemical analyses of water from 150 wells;

the following data for 60 springs:
Location, owner or name, topographic setting, altitude, aquifer system and lithology, discharge, temperature; 68 chemical analyses of water from 57 springs;

water-level measurements made during the period 1962-1967 in 98 wells; and the logs of 22 wells.

These data cover wells and springs in more than 1700 square miles in we stern So~orro County, loosely described as the "Socorro and Magdalena area, 11 that includes T. lN. toT. 6 S. and R. 1 E. toR. 6 W. We expect to use these data as the basis of an evaluation of the hydrology and hydrodynamics of ground water in the area in a subsequent report.

We have three reasons for being interested in this area:

1. We hope to learn more about the relation of ground water in adjacent basins of the Basin and Range geomorphic province.
2. Sees. 9, 16, and 22, T. 3 S., R. 1 W. contain one of the largest thermal anomalies in New Mexico. A study of the hydrodynamics of this area should shed some light on the origin of the heat of the thermal waters therein.
3. The New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology is located within this area and uses the ground-water resources of the Rio Grande valley. We are, therefore, concerned about the factors that control the occurrence, distribution, and use of ground water in the valley.

This publication, however, is limited to a statement of the data as they have been culled from various sources. Interpretation has been kept to a mm1mum. The data are presented here so that others interested in development of the water resources of the area may have use of them.