Usage:
Dalton Sandstone Member of Crevasse Canyon Formation (NM*)
Dalton Sandstone Member of Crevasse Canyon Formation of Mesaverde Group (NM)
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous (Coniacian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from excellent exposures at Dalton Pass, [in sec. 4, T. 16 N., R. 14 W., McKinley Co.], Gallup region, northwestern NM, where it supports the divide and forms a conspicuous bench in canyon draining to north (Sears, 1934).
AAPG geologic province:
San Juan basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
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