Usage:
Crestone Conglomerate Member of Sangre de Cristo Formation (CO*)
Geologic age:
Middle Pennsylvanian (probably
Desmoinesian) to early Permian (Wolfcampian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
[Type locality not designated.] Named from exposures near Crestone, Saguache Co., Sangre de Cristo Range, southern central CO (Melton, 1925).
Principal reference section (=principal reference section of Sangre de Cristo Formation): northeast of Crestone in Groundhog Basin, [in NW/4 sec. 15, T. 44 N., R. 12 E., Lat. 38 deg. 03 min. 55 sec. N., Long. 105 deg. 39 min. 07 sec. W., Rito Alto Peak 7.5-min quadrangle], Saguache Co., southern central CO (Lindsey and Schaefer, 1984; see also Lindsey and others, 1985).
AAPG geologic province:
San Luis basin*
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