Usage:
Farisita Conglomerate (CO*)
Geologic age:
Tertiary(?)*
Oligocene(?)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated due to scarce and discontinuous outcrops. Occurs within Huerfano Park. Named from exposures along Turkey Creek, north of town of Farisita, Huerfano Co., CO (Johnson and Wood, 1956).
AAPG geologic province:
Las Vegas-Raton basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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