8
Dunbar, Director and State Geologist. Current research
is funded through a DOE grant Carbon ore, rare earth,
and CM (CORE-CM) assessment of San Juan River-Raton
Coal Basin, New Mexico, DE-FE0032051. Thanks to the
graduate student of Virginia McLemore who helped in sam-
ple collection and fieldwork, Special thanks in particular to
Zorheh Kazemi Motlagh, Jakob Newcomer, Kyle Stafford,
and Megan Badonie, in the collection of field samples and
assistance in analytical work. Special thanks is given to
Virginia T. McLemore for the opportunity to work on this
research and for the support she has given throughout. Any
persons wishing to conduct geologic investigations on the
Navajo Nation must first apply for and receive a permit
from the Minerals Department, P.O. Box 1910, Window
Rock, Arizona 6515 and telephone no. 928-871-6588.
REFERENCES
[1] Speer, W. R., Beaumont, E. C., & Shomaker,
J. W. (n.d.). (rep.). Coal resources of the San Juan
Basin, New Mexico. geoinfo.nmt.edu/publications
/openfile/downloads/0-99/84/ofr_84.pdf.
[2] Fassett, J. E., & Hinds, J. S. (1971). Geology
and fuel resources of the Fruitland Formation and
Kirtland Shale of the San Juan Basin, New Mexico
and Colorado. Professional Paper. doi.org/10.3133
/pp676
[3] Heffern, E. L., & Coates, D. A. (2004). Geologic
history of natural coal-bed fires, Powder River Basin,
USA. International Journal of Coal Geology, 59(1–
2), 25–47. doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2003.07.002
[4] Mining data solutions. (n.d.). Major Mines &
Projects: San juan mine. MDO. Retrieved February
17, 2023, from miningdataonline.com/property
/3412/San-Juan-Mine.aspx
[5] Cosica, M. A., & Essene, E. J. (1989).
Pyrometamorphic rocks associated with naturally
burned coal beds, Powder River basin, Wyoming.
American Minerologist, 74(1), 85–100. Retrieved
November 2, 2022, from pubs.geoscienceworld
.org/msa/ammin/article-abstract/74/1-2/85/42195
/Pyrometamorphic-rocks-associated-with-naturally
[6] Hoffman, G. K., Verploegh, J., and Barker, J. M.,
1993, Geology and chemistry of humate deposits
in the southern San Juan Basin, New Mexico: SME
Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, Preprint 94-142,
10 p.
[7] Austin, G. S., Hoffman, G. K., Barker, J. M., Zidek,
J., & Gilson, N. (n.d.). Proceedings of the 31st
Forum on the Geology of Industrial Minerals— The
Borderland Forum, 187. Retrieved February 20, 2023,
from geoinfo.nmt.edu/publications/monographs
/bulletins/downloads/154/B154.pdf
[8] Benedix, G. K. (2014). Chondrite. Chondrite -an
overview |ScienceDirect Topics. www.sciencedirect
.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/chondrite
[9] N/A, N. (2023, April 14). Understanding the benefits of
coals clinker in industrial manufacturing. Permu Trade.
www.permutrade.com/understanding-the-benefits
-of-coal-clinker-in-industrial-manufacturing
[10] Baboolal, A. A., Knight, J., & Wilson, B. (2018,
January 10). Petrography and mineralogy of pyro-
metamorphic combustion metamorphic rocks associ-
ated with spontaneous oxidation of lignite seams of the
Erin Formation, Trinidad. Journal of South American
Earth Sciences. reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S08
95981117301384?token=9F5F22F16B26B373DC
0B615D73D81D003A147699E6EE81C91B8C78
8D6234FB3CF9A7109BCF866650E305D44E0D
EB0CB9& originRegion=us-east-1& origin
Creation=20221017181057
[11] Laita, E., Bauluz, B., & Yuste, A. (2019). High-
temperature mineral phases generated in natural clin-
kers by spontaneous combustion of coal. Minerals,
9(4), 213. doi.org/10.3390/min9040213
[12] Beaumont, E. C., & Shomaker, J. W. (1974).
Ghost ranch: Central-northern new mexico twenty-
fifth field conference, new mexico geological soci-
ety, Oct. 10, 11 and 12, 1974. The New Mexico
Geological Society. nmgs.nmt.edu/publications
/guidebooks/downloads/25/25_p0329_p0332.pdf
[13] Nickelson, H. B. (1988). One hundred years of coal
mining in the San Juan Basin, New Mexico. New
Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources.
geoinfo.nmt.edu/publications/monographs
/bulletins/downloads/111/B111.pdf
Dunbar, Director and State Geologist. Current research
is funded through a DOE grant Carbon ore, rare earth,
and CM (CORE-CM) assessment of San Juan River-Raton
Coal Basin, New Mexico, DE-FE0032051. Thanks to the
graduate student of Virginia McLemore who helped in sam-
ple collection and fieldwork, Special thanks in particular to
Zorheh Kazemi Motlagh, Jakob Newcomer, Kyle Stafford,
and Megan Badonie, in the collection of field samples and
assistance in analytical work. Special thanks is given to
Virginia T. McLemore for the opportunity to work on this
research and for the support she has given throughout. Any
persons wishing to conduct geologic investigations on the
Navajo Nation must first apply for and receive a permit
from the Minerals Department, P.O. Box 1910, Window
Rock, Arizona 6515 and telephone no. 928-871-6588.
REFERENCES
[1] Speer, W. R., Beaumont, E. C., & Shomaker,
J. W. (n.d.). (rep.). Coal resources of the San Juan
Basin, New Mexico. geoinfo.nmt.edu/publications
/openfile/downloads/0-99/84/ofr_84.pdf.
[2] Fassett, J. E., & Hinds, J. S. (1971). Geology
and fuel resources of the Fruitland Formation and
Kirtland Shale of the San Juan Basin, New Mexico
and Colorado. Professional Paper. doi.org/10.3133
/pp676
[3] Heffern, E. L., & Coates, D. A. (2004). Geologic
history of natural coal-bed fires, Powder River Basin,
USA. International Journal of Coal Geology, 59(1–
2), 25–47. doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2003.07.002
[4] Mining data solutions. (n.d.). Major Mines &
Projects: San juan mine. MDO. Retrieved February
17, 2023, from miningdataonline.com/property
/3412/San-Juan-Mine.aspx
[5] Cosica, M. A., & Essene, E. J. (1989).
Pyrometamorphic rocks associated with naturally
burned coal beds, Powder River basin, Wyoming.
American Minerologist, 74(1), 85–100. Retrieved
November 2, 2022, from pubs.geoscienceworld
.org/msa/ammin/article-abstract/74/1-2/85/42195
/Pyrometamorphic-rocks-associated-with-naturally
[6] Hoffman, G. K., Verploegh, J., and Barker, J. M.,
1993, Geology and chemistry of humate deposits
in the southern San Juan Basin, New Mexico: SME
Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, Preprint 94-142,
10 p.
[7] Austin, G. S., Hoffman, G. K., Barker, J. M., Zidek,
J., & Gilson, N. (n.d.). Proceedings of the 31st
Forum on the Geology of Industrial Minerals— The
Borderland Forum, 187. Retrieved February 20, 2023,
from geoinfo.nmt.edu/publications/monographs
/bulletins/downloads/154/B154.pdf
[8] Benedix, G. K. (2014). Chondrite. Chondrite -an
overview |ScienceDirect Topics. www.sciencedirect
.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/chondrite
[9] N/A, N. (2023, April 14). Understanding the benefits of
coals clinker in industrial manufacturing. Permu Trade.
www.permutrade.com/understanding-the-benefits
-of-coal-clinker-in-industrial-manufacturing
[10] Baboolal, A. A., Knight, J., & Wilson, B. (2018,
January 10). Petrography and mineralogy of pyro-
metamorphic combustion metamorphic rocks associ-
ated with spontaneous oxidation of lignite seams of the
Erin Formation, Trinidad. Journal of South American
Earth Sciences. reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S08
95981117301384?token=9F5F22F16B26B373DC
0B615D73D81D003A147699E6EE81C91B8C78
8D6234FB3CF9A7109BCF866650E305D44E0D
EB0CB9& originRegion=us-east-1& origin
Creation=20221017181057
[11] Laita, E., Bauluz, B., & Yuste, A. (2019). High-
temperature mineral phases generated in natural clin-
kers by spontaneous combustion of coal. Minerals,
9(4), 213. doi.org/10.3390/min9040213
[12] Beaumont, E. C., & Shomaker, J. W. (1974).
Ghost ranch: Central-northern new mexico twenty-
fifth field conference, new mexico geological soci-
ety, Oct. 10, 11 and 12, 1974. The New Mexico
Geological Society. nmgs.nmt.edu/publications
/guidebooks/downloads/25/25_p0329_p0332.pdf
[13] Nickelson, H. B. (1988). One hundred years of coal
mining in the San Juan Basin, New Mexico. New
Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources.
geoinfo.nmt.edu/publications/monographs
/bulletins/downloads/111/B111.pdf