Usage:
No current usage.
(Rocks of †La Casa Member of †Wild Cow Formation of Madera Group (NM-notably in Manzano Mountains) reallocated to Atrasado Formation of Madera Group. See Atrasado.)
Geologic age:
Late Pennsylvanian (Virgilian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section [= type section of Wild Cow and Los Moyos Formations]: on west side of Priest Canyon in an east-draining ravine that cuts through a hogback, in sec. 7, T. 3 N., R. 5 E., [approx. Lat. 34 deg. 30 min. 03 sec. N., Long. 106 deg. 27 min. 48 sec. N., southern edge of Manzano Peak 7.5-min quadrangle], Valencia Co., Manzano Mountains, central NM (Myers, 1973).
Named from La Casa Spring, in SW/4 NE/4 sec. 6, T. 3 N., R. 5 E., [approx. Lat. 34 deg. 30 min. 54 sec. N., Long. 106 deg. 27 min. 28 sec. W., Manzano Peak 7.5-min quadrangle], Valencia Co., central NM (Myers, 1973).
AAPG geologic province:
Estancia basin
San Juan basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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