Usage:
Banco Bonito Flow of East Fork Member of Valles Rhyolite of Tewa Group (NM-local)
Banco Bonito Member of Valles Rhyolite of Tewa Group (NM*-local)
Recognized locally in Sandoval Co.
Geologic age:
Quaternary (Pleistocene)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Notable exposures in canyons in vicinity of Battleship Rock, Jemez Mountains, in T. 19 N., R. 1 E., Sandoval Co., NM (Kelley and others, 1961).
Named from Banco Bonito, the steep slope forming the south margin of the flow in central part of Jemez Springs 7.5-min quadrangle, [Sandoval Co.], north-central NM (Bailey and others, 1969).
AAPG geologic province:
San Juan basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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