Usage:
Arroyo Ojito Formation of Santa Fe Group (NM)
Subunits:
(alphabetical) --all in NM: Picuda Peak Member, Loma Barbon Member, Navajo Draw Member.
Geologic age:
late Tertiary (late Miocene; Clarendonian to Hemphillian NALMA)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: along Arroyo Ojito, Cerro Conejo (formerly Sky Village NE) 7.5-min quadrangle, Sandoval Co., north-central NM (Connell and others, 1999).
AAPG geologic province:
San Juan basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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