Usage:
Coronado Hills Conglomerate of Thunderbird Group (TX)
Geologic age:
Mesoproterozoic
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: exposure about 3,000 ft northeast of Smugglers Pass in Fusselman Canyon, southern Franklin Mountains, Lat. 31 deg. 53 min. 06 sec. N., Long. 106 deg. 29 min. 34 sec. W., El Paso Co., TX. Origin of name not stated by author (Thomann, 1981).
AAPG geologic province:
Southwestern Basin-and-Range region
Orogrande basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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