- Usage in publication:
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- Badito quartzite member
- Modifications:
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- Original reference
- Dominant lithology:
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- Quartzite
- Schist
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Southern Rocky Mountain region
Summary:
Pg. 13, (table 1), 21, pl. 2. Badito quartzite member of Hopewell series. Consists of bluish-gray qnartzite, unquestionably of sedimentary origin. At mouth of Picuris Canyon, it has been converted to quartz-muscovite schist. Age is Precambrian (Proterozoic).
Notable exposures in Picuris area along north side of Bio Pueblo gorge and in a long strip extending from mouth of Picuris Canyon across south and east spurs of Picuris Peak, Taos and Rio Arriba Cos., central northern NM.
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 191).
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