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  • Usage in publication:
    • Piedra Lumbre Formation
  • Modifications:
    • Principal reference
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Southern Rocky Mountain region
Publication:

Bauer, P.W., and Williams, M.L., 1989, Stratigraphic nomenclature of Proterozoic rocks, northern New Mexico; revisions, redefinitions, and formalization: New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Geology, v. 11, no. 3, p. 45-52.


Summary:

Pg. 46 (table 1). Piedra Lumbre Formation of Hondo Group. Recognized in the Picuris Mountains of central northern New Mexico. Is top formation of Hondo Group, above the Pilar Formation. Age is considered Early Proterozoic, younger than 1,700 Ma.
Principal reference section (Hondo Group): Hondo Canyon area, in secs. 29 and 32, T. 24 N., R. 12 E., Taos SW 7.5-min quadrangle, Taos Co., northern Picuris Mountains, [Carson National Forest area], central northern NM.

Source: Publication.


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Piedra Lumbre Formation
  • Modifications:
    • Age modified
    • Geochronologic dating
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Southern Rocky Mountain region
Publication:

Daniel, C.G., Pfeifer, L.S., Jones, J.V., III, and McFarlane, C.M., 2013, Detrital zircon evidence for non-Laurentian provenance, Mesoproterozoic (ca. 1490-1450 Ma) deposition and orogenesis in a reconstructed orogenic belt, northern New Mexico, USA; Defining the Picuris orogeny: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 125, nos. 9-10, p. 1423-1441.


Summary:

Pg. 1424-1425, 1427, 1429 (fig. 5); C.G. Daniel and others, 2013, GSA Field Guide 33, p. 205-235. Piedra Lumbre Formation of Hondo Group. Schist and quartzite characterized by cm-scale graded beds and cm- to m-scale cross-bedded quartzite layers that become more abundant and thicker toward top of exposed section. Uppermost part consists of a 20 to 25 m-thick cross-bedded quartzite and black phyllite. Estimated maximum thickness of formation 400 m. Unconformably underlies Marquenas Formation; contact interpreted to be a ductile shear zone. Gradationally overlies Pilar Formation. New detrital zircon ages indicate deposition of Piedra Lumbre sediments occurred between ca. 1,490 Ma and 1,450 Ma (Mesoproterozoic).
[On p. 1429 (fig. 5), and p. 1432-1433, authors included the Piedra Lumbre and Pilar Formations in their informal Trampas group.]

Source: Publication.


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