Usage:
Atrisco Member of Ceja Formation of Santa Fe Group (NM)
Geologic age:
late Tertiary to Quaternary (Pliocene to Pleistocene)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (subsurface): [New Mexico Geological Survey] well no. 98a, near intersection of 98th Street and I-40, Albuquerque's west side, [approx. Lat. 35 deg. 05 min. 10 sec. N., Long. 106 deg. 44 min. 52 sec. W., Albuquerque West 7.5-min quadrangle], Bernalillo Co., north-central NM. Named from Town of Atrisco Grant, Bernalillo Co., north-central NM (Connell and others, 1998; Connell, 2008).
AAPG geologic province:
Estancia basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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