Talking points - Tentative Log of Stops - Zuni Mt. Tour - Aug. 2, 2009

Stop 1 EMAAC parking lot

Oso Ridge- Permian Ridge 2-5 degree tilt, Ss. and Limestone boundary

Triassic valley-Soft Claystones, covered with Cenozoic lavas to Az. border

Jurassic mesa- 2-5 degreee tilt, topped with hard Dakota ss.

Indenter- between El Morro and chain of Craters

Stop 2 Turn off to Forest Rd. 50

Permian San Andreas limestone and Glorieta sandstone

Lava Flows from Cerro Bandera ~ 1 MY

Slope of strata 2-5 degrees

Stop 3 Hairpin turn

Lava cinders from O.R.L.O. ~ 1MY

Inverted valley follows road cross at bottom

Permian Yeso and Abo sandstones

Stop 4 Cold Spring

Oso Ridge

Fault line

Granite core

Stop 5 Indenter road and Aragon

Locate indenter rock basalt gabbro

Hornblende mantle rock

Stop 6 Sawyer L.O. Mtn. and beyond

Granite check

Stop 7 Cottonwood Creek - Mesita Blanca formation

Sandstone fluvial vs. marine

Stop 8 Page

Large meadow - Abo sandstone

Granite core

Stop 9 Oso Ridge

San Andreas to Triassic

Stop 10 Dan Valley fault or Timberlake road

Ssan Andreaas slope

Triassic valley

Jurassic cliffs and mesa

Stop 11 Vogt Cliffs

Dakota sandstone marine

Mancos clays to south