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Geologic Unit: Canada Pilares

Usage:

Canada Pilares Member of Zia Formation of Santa Fe Group (NM*)


Geologic age:

late Tertiary (early Miocene)*


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

Type section: north side of Canada Pilares, in sec. 12, T. 12 N., R. 1 W., and sec. 7, T. 12 N., R. 1 E., Sky Village and Sky Village SE 7.5-min quadrangles, Sandoval Co., NM (Gawne, 1981).


AAPG geologic province:

San Juan 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 ([ ]).