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Geologic Unit: Berino

Usage:

Berino Formation (NM)
Berino Member of Magdalena Formation (NM*,TX*)
[†Magdalena Formation not used by the NM Geol. Survey.]


Geologic age:

Middle Pennsylvanian (Atokan to Desmoinesian)*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Named from Berino, on Santa Fe RR about 4 mi north of TX-NM bdry., [Anthony 7.5-min quadrangle], Dona Ana Co., southeastern NM (see Nelson, 1940).
[Type locality:] in Vinton Canyon, 2 to 3 mi east of Westway on western flank of Franklin Mountains, [approx. Lat. 31 deg. 58 min. 00 sec. N., Long. 106 deg. 31 min. 30 sec. W., Canutillo 7.5-min quadrangle], El Paso Co., western TX (see Nelson, 1940; Harbour, 1972).


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.

"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).

Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).