Usage:
Fence Lake Formation (NM*-recognized locally on Zuni Plateau)
Geologic age:
late Tertiary (Miocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: in sec. 1, T. 4 N., R. 18 W., [in vicinity of Lat. 34 deg. 36 min. 06 sec. N., Long. 108 deg. 40 min. 36 sec. W., Fence Lake SW 7.5-min quadrangle], southwestern Cibola Co., NM. Named from community of Fence Lake [north of type section, Fence Lake 7.5-min quadrangle], Cibola Co., NM (McLellan and others, 1982; see also Landis and others, 1985, USGS Misc. Field Stud. Map MF-1750).
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 ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).