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EXPLORATION GEOPHYSICS 



R37E 



R38E 



Fig. 

 Mexico, 

 magnetic 



106. — Magnetic contours and structure contours of Hobbs' Oil Field, Lea County, New 

 Structural contours (solid lines) after R. S. Christie, A.I.M.E. Petroleum Tech. 1933; 

 contours (dotted lines) after li. T. Morley, Stanolind Oil and Gas Company. 



The basement is vaguely assumed to lie at a depth of about 10,000 feet. 

 The field is indicated magnetically by a pronounced maximum in the south- 

 westerly part and a pronounced minimum in the northwesterly portion of the 

 area surveyed. The high point of the producing structure is shifted about 



