Usage:
Esquibel Member of Los Pinos Formation (CO*,NM*)
Geologic age:
Tertiary (Oligocene to Miocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
[Type area: Esquibel Canyon, , about 4 mi north-northwest of Tres Piedras, in secs. 3, 4, 5 and 6, T. 28 N., R. 9 E., Tres Piedras and Mule Canyon 7.5-min quadrangles, Rio Arriba Co., Carson National Forest area, central northern NM (Barker, 1958).]
AAPG geologic province:
San Luis basin*
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 ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).