Usage:
Joyita Member of Yeso Formation (NM)
Joyita Sandstone Member of Yeso Formation (NM*)
Geologic age:
early Permian (Leonardian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from section in canyon of west-flowing tributary of Rio Grande in La Joyita Hills, 18 mi north of Socorro and about 4.5 mi south of village of La Joya, Socorro Co., central NM (Needham and Bates, 1943).
AAPG geologic province:
Estancia basin*
Orogrande 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 ([ ]).