Usage:
No current usage.
(†Chupadera Formation (NM,TX) replaced with Yeso Formation, Glorieta Sandstone, and San Andres Limestone. See Yeso, Glorieta, and San Andres.)
Geologic age:
Permian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Chupadera Mesa [eastern part of Socorro Co., central NM], a prominent topographic feature consisting of a very extensive capping of the formation, 1,500 or more feet thick (Darton, 1922).
AAPG geologic province:
Orogrande basin
Permian basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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