Usage:
Tapicitos Member of San Jose Formation (CO,NM*)
Geologic age:
Tertiary*
Eocene, early*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: exposures along State Highway 95 east of upper Gavilan Creek, in secs. 1, 2, and 11, T. 25 N., R. 2 W., Rio Arriba Co., NM (Baltz, 1967).
AAPG geologic province:
San Juan 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 ([ ]).