Usage:
Espanola Formation (NM)
Geologic age:
Quaternary
Pleistocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
About 240 ft north of the General Land Office survey stake MC7, SCG, in sec. 31, T. 21 N., R. 9 E., Rio Arriba Co., NM. Named from town of Espanola, Rio Arriba Co., NM (Galusha and Blick, 1971).
AAPG geologic province:
San Juan basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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