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  • Usage in publication:
    • Selden basalt tongue
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Basalt
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Orogrande basin
Publication:

Kottlowski, F.E., 1953, Tertiary-Quaternary sediments of the Rio Grande Valley in southern New Mexico, IN Kottlowski, F.E., ed., Guidebook of southwestern New Mexico: New Mexico Geological Society Field Conference Guidebook, no. 4, p. 144-148.


Summary:

Pg. 32 (map), 33 [see road log from Las Cruces to Silver City, Kottlowkski et al, this vol., p. 29-63], 146. Selden basalt tongue. Olvine basalt, interbedded with basal beds of the Santa Fe group. Age is Tertiary.
Notable exposures near south end of Selden Canyon, Rio Grande Valley, Dona Ana Co., southwestern NM.

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