Usage:
San Miguel Creek Alluvium (CO*,NM*)
Geologic age:
Quaternary*
Pleistocene, early*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
High pediment remnant at 7120-7200 ft elevation, SW/4 NW/4 sec. 1, T. 34 S., R. 63 W., Las Animas Co., CO. Named from exposures near the San Miguel surface (Scott, 1985).
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.
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