Usage:
El Cajete Pyroclastic Beds of East Fork Member of Valles Rhyolite of Tewa Group (NM-local)
El Cajete Member of Valles Rhyolite of Tewa Group (NM*-local)
Recognized locally in Sandoval Co.
Geologic age:
Quaternary (Pleistocene)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from its source vent, El Cajete crater, which is about 2 mi south of Redondo, [approx. Lat. 35 deg. 50 min. 12 sec. N., Long. 106 deg. 33 min. 30 sec. W., in T. 19 N., R. 3 E., Redondo Peak 7.5-min quadrangle, in Valles Caldera National Preserve, Sandoval Co.], north-central NM (Bailey and others, 1969).
AAPG geologic province:
San Juan basin
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