Usage:
Horse Hill Breccia (NM)
Geologic age:
Tertiary, early
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Only exposure is in an area south of Cowboy Creek and east of Horse Hill [Mountain], in secs. 16 and 17, T. 31 S., R. 17 W., Walnut Wells quadrangle, Hidalgo Co., NM (Zeller and Alper, 1965).
AAPG geologic province:
Pedregosa basin
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