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Geologic Unit: Gym

Usage:

No current usage.
(†Gym Limestone (NM,TX) abandoned.)


Geologic age:

Pennsylvanian


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Type locality: Gym Peak [in NE/4 NE/4 sec. 12, T. 26 S., R. 8 W., approx. Lat. 32 deg. 03 min. 58 sec. N., Long. 107 deg. 36 min. 17 sec. W., Gym Peak 7.5-min quadrangle, Florida Mountains, Luna Co., southwestern NM] (Darton, 1916).


AAPG geologic province:

Basin-and-Range province
Permian basin


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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