- Usage in publication:
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- Sol se Mete Member*
- Modifications:
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- Named
- Reference
- Dominant lithology:
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- Conglomerate
- Sandstone
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Estancia basin
- San Juan basin
Summary:
Named the basal member of Wild Cow Formation (new) of Madera Group in Manzano Mountains of San Juan and Estancia basins, NM. Named for Sol se Mete hill, SW1/4 sec 28, T9N, R5E, Sandia Military Reservation, Bernalillo Co. Therefore, type section selected in Priest Canyon, sec 7, T3N, R5E, Torreon SW quad, Valencia Co, and exposures on Sol se Mete are the reference section. Has a basal conglomerate, or coarse- to fine-grained sandstone that was called Coyote Sandstone by Herrick (1900). Term Coyote abandoned in this report; a middle unit of gray shale with limestone nodules; an upper unit of gray, locally cherty, limestone. Is 150 to 300 ft thick; averages 200 ft thick. Is thinnest in the Manzanos. Overlies Los Moyos Limestone (new); underlies Pine Shadow Member (new) of Wild Cow Formation (new). Is of Missourian, Late Pennsylvanian age.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).
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