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Geologic Unit: Jawbone

Usage:

No current usage.
(Rocks of †Jawbone Conglomerate Member of †Kiawa Mountain Formation (NM) reallocated to Ortega Quartzite. See Ortega.)


Geologic age:

Paleoproterozoic


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Type locality: [southwest flank of Jawbone Mountain], in N/2 sec. 19, T. 29 N., R. 7 E., Burned Mountain 7.5-min quadrangle, Rio Arriba Co., [Carson National Forest area], central northern NM (Barker, 1970).


AAPG geologic province:

Southern Rocky Mountain region


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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