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Geologic Unit: Naranjo
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  • Usage in publication:
    • Naranjo formation*
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Sandstone
    • Shale
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Las Vegas-Raton basin
    • Sierra Grande uplift
Publication:

Bachman, G.O., 1953, Geology of a part of northwestern Mora County, New Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey Oil and Gas Investigations Map, OM-137, 1 sheet, scale 1:48,000


Summary:

Naranjos formation. Sequence of interbedded brownish-red sandstone, siltstone, and shale. Thickness 15 to 64 feet. Overlies Chinle formation; underlies Ocate sandstone (new). Age is Jurassic.
Named from exposures in cutbank near village of Naranjo [Naranjos], about 2 mi east of Ocate, Mora Co., northeastern NM. Present also at Turkey Mountain, 12 mi south of Ocate.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 2683).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Naranjo Formation
  • Modifications:
    • Not used
Publication:

Lucas, S.G., Hunt, A.P., and Huber, P., 1990, Triassic stratigraphy in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, New Mexico, IN Bauer, P.W., and others, eds., Tectonic development of the southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains, New Mexico: New Mexico Geological Society Field Conference Guidebook, no. 41, p. 305-318.


Summary:

Not used at Naranjos, Mora Co, NM, Las Vegas-Raton basin. Rocks at Naranjos disconformably below Entrada Sandstone and disconformably above Bull Canyon Formation (called Chinle Formation in some earlier reports) are assigned to Redonda Formation. Measured sections. Cross sections. Nomenclature chart.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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