Usage:
Beeman Formation (NM)
Geologic age:
Late Pennsylvanian (Missourian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: in Mule Canyon and Long Ridge area, in NW/4 NW/4 sec. 14 and NE/4 NW/4 and NW/4 NE/4 sec. 15, T. 17 S., R. 10 E., Otero Co., NM (Pray, 1961).
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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