Usage:
Canas Member of Yeso Formation (NM*)
Canas Gypsum Member of Yeso Formation (NM*)
Geologic age:
early Permian (Leonardian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from the Lomo de las Canas, a range of hills 9 mi due east of Socorro, [Lomo de las Canas 7.5-min quadrangle, Socorro Co.], central NM (Needham and Bates, 1943).
AAPG geologic province:
Estancia basin*
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 ([ ]).