Usage:
No current usage.
(†Hot Springs Formation of Mud Springs Group (NM-notably in Mud Springs Mountains) replaced with [†]Fra Cristobal Formation of [†]Mud Springs Group [later replaced with Red House Formation]. See Red House.)
Geologic age:
Pennsylvanian, Middle
Derryan
Middle Pennsylvanian (Atokan)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality (Whiskey Canyon section): in Whiskey Canyon [local name for tributary of Cuchillo Negro Creek about 5 mi northwest of Truth or Consequences], north end of Mud Springs Mountains, in S/2 sec. 1 and SE/4 sec. 2, T. 13 S., R. 5 W.; base of section at UTM Zone 13s, 283,719 m E., 3,675,991 m N., [Lat. 33 deg. 12 min. 04 sec. N., Long. 107 deg. 19 min. 13 sec. W.], top at UTM Zone 13s, 285,301 m E., 3,676,144 m N., [Lat. 33 deg. 12 min. 10 sec. N., Long. 107 deg. 18 min. 12 sec. W., Cuchillo 7.5-min quadrangle], Sierra Co., southwestern NM (Thompson, 1942; see also Lucas and others, 2016, New Mexico Mus. Nat. Hist. Sci. Bull., no. 69, Table 1)..
AAPG geologic province:
Orogrande basin
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