- Usage in publication:
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- Pantadeleon Formation
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- Original reference
- Dominant lithology:
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- Sandstone
- Conglomerate
- AAPG geologic province:
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- San Juan basin
Connell, S.D., Koning, D.J., and Cather, S.M., 1999, Revisions to the stratigraphic nomenclature of the Santa Fe Group, northwestern Albuquerque basin, New Mexico: New Mexico Geological Society Field Conference Guidebook, no. 50, p. 337-354.
Summary:
Pg. 339 (fig. 3), 345-346, 350+ (App. A). Pantadeleon Formation. Wedge-shaped, 0 to 19 m thick, light-brown to light yellowish-brown, very fine- to very coarse-grained sandstone, silty sandstone, and pebble to cobble conglomerate. Disconformably overlies Ceja Member of Arroyo Ojito Formation. Age is Pliocene to Pleistocene; Plio-Pleistocene boundary = 1.8 Ma.
Named from exposures at head of Arroyo Pantadeleon near La Ceja, Cerro Conejo (formerly Sky Village NE) 7.5-min quadrangle, Sandoval Co., north-central NM.
Source: Publication.
- Usage in publication:
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- Pantadeleon Formationâ€
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- Abandoned
- AAPG geologic province:
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- San Juan basin
Summary:
Pg. 15 (fig. 2), 27-28. †Pantadeleon Formation abandoned. Rocks reallocated to Ceja Formation of Santa Fe Group.
Source: Publication.
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