Usage:
Cobert Canyon Sandstone Bed of Baldy Hill Formation (NM)
[?] Cobert Canyon Sandstone Bed of Baldy Hill Formation of Dockum Group (OK?)
Geologic age:
Triassic, Late
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: in SE/4 NE/4 NE/4 sec. 36, T. 32 N., R. 32 E., Union Co., NM. Named from Cobert Canyon, north tributary of Dry Cimarron River (Lucas and others, 1987).
AAPG geologic province:
Sierra Grande uplift
Palo Duro basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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