Field Mapping At Valles Caldera - Redondo Geothermal Area (Bailey, Et Al., 1969)

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY

Exploration Activity: Field Mapping At Valles Caldera - Redondo Geothermal Area (Bailey, Et Al., 1969)

Exploration Activity Details
Location	Valles Caldera - Redondo Geothermal Area
Exploration Technique	Field Mapping
Activity Date	- 1969
Usefulness	useful regional reconnaissance
DOE-funding	Unknown

 

Notes

Bailey et al. (1969) originally described the intracaldera volcanic stratigraphy as (from youngest to oldest) the Banco Bonito, El Cajete, and Battleship Rock Members of the Valles Rhyolite based on surface mapping of the caldera.

 

References

• Roy A. Bailey, Robert Leland Smith, Clarence Samuel Ross (1969) Stratigraphic Nomenclature of Volcanic Rocks in the Jemez Mountains, New Mexico