GEOLEX database Geologic Unit: Garita Creek Usage: Garita Creek Formation (NM) Age: Triassic, Late Carnian Geologic Province: Palo Duro basin Las Vegas-Raton basin Areal Extent: NM(ec) Type Locality: Type section: along and south of La Garita Creek about 0.25 km southwest of State Highway 105, in sec. 10, T. 12 N., R. 24 E., San Miguel Co., NM (Lucas and Hunt, 1989). Unit Name History: Named (Lucas, Hunt, 1989). Areal limits (Lucas and others, 1990). Note: If you need more information, please contact Nancy Stamm (nstamm@usgs.gov). Asterisks (*) indicate usage by the U.S. Geological Survey. Other usages by state geological surveys. "No current usage" implies that a name has been abandoned or that it has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses (). Slashes (/) indicate unit name usage violates the 1983 North American Stratigraphic Code. This violation may be explained within brackets ([ ]). U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, USA URL http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ngmdb/ngm_catalog.ora.html Database project personnel Last modified: 7-Jan-2007