Usage:
Ladron Member of Kelly Limestone (NM*)
Geologic age:
Middle Mississippian (Visean; Meramecian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality (=Kelly Limestone type section): outcrop on crest of Magdalena Mountains, [northeast of Kelly], in NE/4 SW/4 sec. 31, T. 2 S., R. 3 W., [Magdalena 7.5-min quadrangle], Socorro Co., central NM. Named from Ladron Mountains, north of Magdalena Mountains (Armstrong and Mamet, 1976).
AAPG geologic province:
Orogrande basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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