Usage:
/Hondo Group (NM)
[Preoccupied. Name previously applied to Hondo Sandstone Member by Lang (1937) in NM.]
Subunits:
(alphabetical) all in NM: Ortega Formation, Piedra Lumbre Formation, Pilar Formation, Rinconada Formation.
Geologic age:
late Early and early Mesoproterozoic
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Principal reference section: Hondo Canyon area, in secs. 29 and 32, T. 24 N., R. 12 E., Taos SW 7.5-min quadrangle, Taos Co., northern Picuris Mountains, [Carson National Forest area], central northern NM (Bauer and Williams, 1989).
AAPG geologic province:
Southern Rocky Mountain region
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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