Usage:
No current usage.
(Rocks of †Coyote Sandstone Member of Madera Limestone (NM-notably in Manzano Mountains) reallocated to Sol se Mete Member of Wild Cow Formation of Madera Group.)
[†Sol se Mete Member of †Wild Cow Formation later abandoned. Rocks reallocated to Atrasado Formation of Madera Group. See also Atrasado.]
Geologic age:
Late Pennsylvanian (Missourian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Coyote Springs, Sandia Mountains, central northern NM (Herrick, 1900).
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.
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