Usage:
Cejita Member of Tesuque Formation of Santa Fe Group (NM*)
Geologic age:
late Tertiary (middle Miocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: in T. 22 N., R. 10 E. Named from exposures on south side of Mesa de la Cejita, Tampas quadrangle, Rio Arriba Co., NM (Manley, 1977).
AAPG geologic province:
Estancia basin*
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 ([ ]).