Usage:
Chamita Formation of Santa Fe Group (NM)
Geologic age:
late Tertiary (Miocene)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: in NW/4 sec. 10, and W/2 sec. 3, T. 21 N., R. 8 E., Rio Arriba Co., NM. Named from nearby village of Chamita (Galusha and Blick, 1971).
AAPG geologic province:
Estancia basin
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