- Usage in publication:
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- Sugarite coal bed*
- Modifications:
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- First used
- Dominant lithology:
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- Coal
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Las Vegas-Raton basin
Summary:
First use of name; intent to name not stated, and no type locality designated. Probably named for Sugarite, Colfax Co, NM in Raton coal field, Las Vegas-Raton basin, where the coal is mined. Sugarite is in the lower of three field divisions of Raton Formation--it is the lowest coal bed of commercial importance in Raton Formation. This coal bed lies 80-200+ ft above base of Raton, and extends throughout a 100-sq-mi area in eastern part of Raton coal field. The coal bed is as much as 5.5 ft thick in the mine at Sugarite; in most other localities it is thinner and contains several shale partings. Is of Paleocene age.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).
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