Usage:
Bat Cave Formation of El Paso Group (NM*)
Bat Cave Limestone of El Paso Group (NM*)
Bat Cave Member of El Paso Limestone (NM)
Geologic age:
Ordovician*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (Cable Canyon section): on north side of canyon [Flordillo Canyon] opposite Sierrite Mine, in T. 16 S., R. 4 W., [approx. Lat. 32 deg. 55 min. 45 sec. N., Long. 107 deg. 14 min. 00 sec. W., Apache Gap 7.5-min quadrangle], Caballo Mountains, Sierra Co., southwestern NM. Formation named from Bat Cave whose opening is prominent landscape mark on sheer cliff in upper part of unit, a few hundred yards northwest of type section (Kelley and Silver, 1952). [See also Hayes and Cone, 1975, USGS Prof. Paper 873, Table 1, Loc. 15; Seager and Mack, 2003, New Mexico Bur. Geol. Min Res. Mem., no. 49, p. 16.]
AAPG geologic province:
Orogrande basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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