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The AIPG-TX Spring 2023 Field Trip Guidebook has been Released in Draft Version: Geology of Hudspeth County, Texas

The AIPG-TX Field Trip was led by Bruce Darling, Ph.D., P.G., C.P.G., serving as the AIPG-TX District II Representative, and others in the Spring of 2023, April 21 through 23 with Members of the Texas Board also attended, such as Henry M. Wise, P.G., C.P.G., President of the Texas Section of AIPG and Bruce Handley, P.G., a Board Member, who served as the Safety Officer during the Field Trip. Production of this guidebook was delayed while Dr. Darling was in Central America. When returning, and after some time, he and others completed the draft in late 2025. The Texas AIPG [...]

By |2025-12-22T11:54:14-06:00December 19th, 2025|AIPG-TX News|

The 2023 AIPG-TX West Texas Field Trip Deemed a Success by All Participants

The happy geologists shown in the above photo have indicated that the AIPG-TX West Texas Field Trip was a success all around. The field trip was under the able leadership provided by Bruce Darling, Ph.D., P.G., C.P.G., Michael Jacobs, MS, P.G., and Phil Goodell, Ph.D., UTEP Dept. of Geological Sciences, supported by Bruce Handley, P.G., C.P.G., the Health & Safety Manager for the trip. The weather was outstanding; the accommodations were fine; and the food was as expected. The Field Guide will be published by AIPG-TX as soon as the draft is produced by Dr. Darling and reviewed, edited, [...]

By |2025-11-20T16:20:50-06:00April 30th, 2023|AIPG-TX News|

AIPG-TX West Texas Field Trip About to Begin; Weather Looks Good

The Texas Section of the American Institute of Professional Geologists will sponsor a three-day field trip (April 21-23) to Hudspeth and Culberson counties.  The field trip will cover tectonics and structural geology, economic geology, basin formation, and hydrogeology in one of the most geologically complex areas of Trans-Pecos Texas. The field trip will focus on: the Sierra Blanca laccoliths and the rare-earth elements property under development through a joint venture by USA Rare Earths and Texas Mineral Resources Corporation; Daltile’s talc mining operation at Allamoore; Fluorspar deposits in the Eagle Mountains; An excursion to Eagle Peak (elevation 7300 ft, [...]

By |2025-08-04T00:27:01-05:00March 20th, 2023|AIPG-TX News|

The AIPG-TX Field Trip to West Texas Still Has Space Available and Open for Registration

Henry M. Wise, P.G., C.P.G. announced today that the AIPG-TX Field Trip to West Texas to begin on April 20th through April 23rd is still open for registration. Click (here). And there is still space available. Plans are being made to meet-up at an El Paso Airport hotel Thursday evening. This will be confirmed soon. Previous alerts on the status of the planning, see (here) The 2023 AIPG-TX Field Trip to west Texas will cover subjects such as economic geology (gold & silver, and rare earths, beryllium, and uranium, etc.), hydrogeology and structural geology. At the center of attention [...]

By |2025-08-04T00:47:13-05:00March 16th, 2023|AIPG-TX News|

The AIPG-TX Guidebook is Nearing Completion for the April 2023 Field Trip in West Texas

The 2023 AIPG-TX Field Trip to west Texas will cover subjects such as economic geology (gold & silver, and rare earths), hydrogeology and structural geology. At the center of attention will be the Eagle Mountains, having one the most scienic views in all of Texas. Eagle Peak area (highest point in Hudspeth County); Overview of Precambrian thrusting and metamorphism, Laramide thrusting, Tertiary rifting and volcanics: Dal-Tile Talc Mines at Allamoore; Sierra Blanca Rare Earth Mine; Bonanza Mine in northern Quitman Mountains; View of Blue Origin Spaceport and more! Henry Wise, P.G., CPG, President, AIPG-TX, advised the Texas Board recently that Bruce K. Darling, PhD, P.G., CPG, [...]

By |2025-12-07T12:55:58-06:00December 12th, 2022|AIPG-TX News|

New Vice President – Western Texas Appointed – AIPG-Texas Section

Henry Wise, P.G., CPG, President of the AIPG Texas Section, announced the Texas Board approval and appointment of Dr. Melissa Hill, P.G.,CPG as the new Vice-President for Western Texas. Dr. Hill began her professional career at Southwest Research Institute while working on her M.S. in Geology at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She pursued a Ph.D. in Geology at the University of South Florida while working as a hydrologist at the Southwest Florida Water Management District. Her Ph.D. research focused on karst springs and numerical simulations of both laminar and turbulent flow in the Upper Floridan Aquifer. After [...]

By |2025-12-07T13:14:21-06:00December 22nd, 2020|AIPG-TX News|