Usage:
Rosita Andesite (CO*)
Rosita Formation (CO)
Geologic age:
Tertiary*
Oligocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Origin of name not stated by author, but probably named from town of Rosita, Custer Co., CO (Cross, 1896).
Type section: in NW/4 SW/4 sec. 14, T. 23 S., R. 71 W. (Siems, 1968).
AAPG geologic province:
Las Vegas-Raton basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).