Pg. 27 (table 2), 61-62. Adobe formation of Veredas group. Name introduced for all rocks in northern part of Oscura Mountains between top of Coane formation (new) and base of Council Springs limestone (new). At type locality, composed of noncherty to highly cherty gray limestone, gray shale, and arkosic sandstones. In most areas of central New Mexico, basal part of formation is fossiliferous, highly arkosic sandstone to granule conglomerate. Thickness ranges from about 47 feet at type locality to more than 200 feet in area of Ladron Mountains and Cadronito Hills. Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Missouri).
Type locality: on northwest side of Oscura Mountains, west slope of range, in eastern part SE/4 sec. 36, T. 5 S., R. 5 E., [Bingham 15-min quadrangle], Socorro Co., central NM. Named from little village of Adobe, about 3 mi northeast of north end of Oscura Mountains, [in sec. 22, T. 5 S., R. 6 E., Bingham 15-min quadrangle], Socorro Co., central NM.
[Additional locality information from USGS historical topographic map collection TopoView, accessed Veterans Day, 2011.]

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 22).