Usage:
Allison Member of Menefee Formation of Mesaverde Group (NM*)
Allison Member of Mesaverde Formation (NM)
Subunits:
(alphabetical): Juans Lake Beds (NM*), La Vida Beds (NM*).
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Notable exposures near village of Allison, [in sec. 18, T. 15 N., R. 18 W.], Gallup-Zuni basin, McKinley Co., northwestern NM (Sears, 1925).
AAPG geologic province:
San Juan basin*
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Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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