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- Cuerbio basalt
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- Estancia basin
- San Juan basin
Summary:
Fig. 2. Cuerbio basalt. Mapped in Galisteo-Tongue area, [Sandoval, Santa Fe, and Bernalillo Cos.], north-central NM. Age is Pleistocene. Younger than Santa Fe formation.
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 1003).
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- Cuerbio basalt
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- Basalt
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- San Juan basin
- Estancia basin
Summary:
Pg. 476, 477, pl. l. Cuerbio basalt. Basalt flows interbedded with Tuerto gravel (new) are tentatively correlated with Cuerbio basalt. [Age is Pleistocene(?).]
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 1003).
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- Cuerbio basalt
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- Revised[?]
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- Estancia basin
Summary:
Pg. 5 (table 1), 29-30, pl. 1. Cuerbio basalt. [On geol. map (pl. 1) the Cuerbio is tentatively included in Santa Fe Group.] In this report [Cerrillos area, Santa Fe County, New Mexico], basalt flows that are interbedded with and overlie upper part of Ancha formation, together with an associated cinder cone, are placed in Cuerbio basalt. Two flows mapped; each about 20 feet thick. Age is Pleistocene(?).
Type locality and origin of name not stated. Name credited to Kirk Bryan (unpub. ms.).
Source: Publication; US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 1003).
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