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Geologic Unit: Little Hat Top

Usage:

Little Hat Top Conglomerate (NM*)


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 butte located just to south of Big Hatchet Peak quadrangle, in NE/4 sec. 25, T. 32 S., R. 15 W., Hidalgo Co., NM (Zeller, 1975).


AAPG geologic province:

Pedregosa 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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