Usage:
La Jara Peak Andesite (AZ?,NM)
[?] La Jara Peak Member of Datil Formation (NM)
[?] La Jara Peak Formation (NM)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Oligocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: measured in northern Bear Mountain, in secs. 27 and 34, T. 2 N., R. 5 W., 3 to 3.5 mi south-southwest of La Jara Peak, Puertecito quadrangle, Socorro Co., central NM. Named from La Jara Peak in secs. 11 and 14, T. 2 N., R. 5 W. (Tonking, 1957).
AAPG geologic province:
Basin-and-Range province
Orogrande basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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