Dr. Virginia McLemore
We are a research and service division of:
Projects
Current projects
(also see full CV for completed projects)
- Summary of Earth MRI and DOE Critial Minerals projects at NMBGMR (presentation to Assistant Secretary of the DOI, 3-13-23)
- Mineral resources in New Mexico (uses, geology, origin, resource potential, environmental assessment)
- Economic impact of mineral resources in New Mexico
- Active mines and exploration sites in New Mexico (as of 9/3/2019)
- Mineral production from New Mexico
- Mineral-resource potential studies in NM
- Presentation at AEMA, NMMA—Status of the mining industry in NM 2019
- Presentation on Overview of Mining Issues in New Mexico, with emphasis on critical minerals, Leadership Academy, May 2023
- New Mexico Mines Database
- Alkaline-related gold-Te deposits in NM and CO
- Geology and mineral deposits of the Jicarilla mining district, Lincoln County, NM
- Placer gold deposits in New Mexico
- Trace element analyses of placer gold deposits
- Presentation Gold22
- Alkalic-Type Epithermal Gold Deposit Model: Chapter Rin Mineral Deposit Models for Resource Assessment: USGS SIR 2010-5070-R
- Critical minerals (CM) in New Mexico
- Mining districts in New Mexico
- Summary of mining districts
- Metals production by mining district
- Summary and location of mining districts found in Resource Map 24 and supplementary data
- Description of mining districts
- Geology, mining history, and mineral resources of Grant County, NM
- Environmental impacts of mining in NM
- Geology of NM state parks
- Uranium in New Mexico
Other Projects
Mineral Resources in New Mexico
- Significance of this project: New Mexico has a wealth of untapped mineral resources
Mining in New Mexico
- Mining Databases
- Mining scams (see Mining Frauds for hints on avoiding mining scams)
- Is there future mining potential in New Mexico--2015? presentation at American Exploration and Mining Association meeting December, 2015
- Update on mining status in NM--presentation at the NMMA 2019
Mineral-Resource Potential and Industrial Minerals in NM
- SME preprint 2016
- Memoir 50E Energy and Mineral Resources of New Mexico: Industrial Minerals and Rocks
- Mineral-resource potential of selected BLM lands--OF-598
- Mineral-resource potential of Sabinoso Wilderness Area and Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument--OFR-599
Mining districts in New Mexico
- History, production, geology and resource potential of mining districts in New Mexico
- New Mexico Mines Database
- Mining in the Magdalena area, Socorro County--poster to Magdalena Frontier Days
- Mining history, geology, and potential of the Rosedale Mining District, Socorro County--presentation to Albuquerque Gem and Mineral Club
Gold-silver in New Mexico
- Presentation "Gold in New Mexico"
- Alkaline-related deposits
- SME preprint
- Placer gold deposits in NM
- Gold panning
- Trace element analysis of placer gold in NM
- SME preprint 2016
Critical minerals in New Mexico
Rare earth elements (REE) resources in New Mexico
- Significance of this project: Although NM does not have any economic deposits of REE at this time, the REE deposits in NM are geologically and mineralogically interesting
- New Mexico Geology article
Barite and fluorite resources
Beryllium Resources in New Mexico
Uranium Resources in New Mexico
- Presentation at NMMA Sept 2011
- Geochemistry, geochronology, and evolution of the igneous intrusions and mineralization in southwestern New Mexico
- Mineral deposits associated with Tertiary alkaline igneous rocks in New Mexico, poster, SEG 2014
- Mineral Deposits Associated with Tertiary Alkaline Igneous Rocks in New Mexico,SME Preprint 15-084, 2015
Geology of the Monticello Canyon (Alamosa Creek), Socorro County, NM ( Ojo Caliente No. 2 district)
- Open-file report 535
- Open-file report 533
- Poster given at Rocky Mountain GSA Section meeting May 2012
- Geologic map of Montoya Butte 7.5 quadrangle
- What are the sources of obsidian and pottery found in the area?
- What are the mineral resources of the area?
- Virtual exhibit of the Canada Alamosa Project
Geology and geochemistry of Proterozoic mafic and granitic rocks in the Burro Mountains and Little Hatchet Mountains and adjacent areas of southern New Mexico, West Texas, and Arizona
- Significance of this project: 1200 Ma anorthosites intruded 1400 Ma granites in New Mexico
- Geology and geochemistry of Redrock-Wild Horse Mesa anorthosite and granites, Grant Co SUMMARY
- GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE REDROCK GRANITE AND ANORTHOSITE XENOLITHS (PROTEROZOIC) IN THE NORTHERN BURRO MOUNTAINS, GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, USA, SUMMARY
- Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland 74
- Geology and geochemistry of Proterozoic rocks in Little Hatchet Mountains
- Significance of Rapakivi Granites and Comingled Diabase Enclaves and Synplutonic Dikes, Little Hatchet Mountains, New Mexico ABSTRACT
- Presentation given at Rocky Mountain GSA May 2012
- Mineral resources Wild Horse Mesa area, Burro Mountains Openfile Report 486
- Rämö, O.T., Calzia, J.P., McLemore, V.T. and Heikkilä, P., 2016,Mid-Proterozoic evolution of southern Laurentian lithosphere; crustal domains and potassic magmatic suites in Mojavia and Mazatzal; in Lithosphere 2016, Ninth Symposium On The Structure, Composition And Evolution Of The Lithosphere In Fennoscandia Institute Of Seismology: University Of Helsinki, Report S-65,p. 121-124
Geology of the State Parks and Monuments (see virtual tour)
Environmental geochemistry of mineral deposits in New Mexico, including papers and theses of the Questa molybdenum mine project, Pecos, and AML
- Abandoned Mine Lands (AML) Project--See AML page
- Lessons learned from mining influenced water studies at the NMBGMR--presentation at the EPA conference, August 2014
- Abandoned Mine Lands workshop 2018 — OFR-597
Sustainability of mining deposits
Sustainbility in exploration, SME preprint04-170
- Sustainbility in industrial minerals,SME preprint04-171
Environmental geochemistry of Lead in New Mexico
ADTI (Acid Drainage Technology Initiative)
- Basics of metal mining influenced water (published by SME, information)
- Handbook of technologies for sampling and monitoring of metal mine drainage for mine closure
- BIBLIOGRAPHY OF REFERENCES ON SAMPLING AND MONITORING
- ICARD paper on sampling and monitoring