- Usage in publication:
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- Cibola limestones
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- Original reference
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Basin-and-Range province
Summary:
Pg. 257-259; and 1915, Conspectus of geologic formations of New Mexico, Des Moines, Robert Henderson, State printer, p. 3, 6. Cibola limestones. Important mid-Siluric limestone member outcropping at Cibola mill, at Silver City, southwestern New Mexico (Silver City district). Thickness 175 feet. Underlies Naiad limestone, and with it comprises Santa Ritan series. Assigned to Silurian.
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