Usage:
Lagunita Formation of San Andres Group (NM)
Geologic age:
Permian, Late
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from village of Lagunita, near Santa Fe RR between Las Vegas and Santa Fe (approx. Lat. 35 deg. 23 min. N., Long. 105 deg. 14 min. W.). Better and more accessible exposure at northwest corner of base of Chapelle Hill, on Santa Fe RR, between villages of Chapelle and Bernal (approx. in sec. 36, T. 14 N., R. 15 E.), north-central NM (Tanner, 1956).
AAPG geologic province:
Estancia basin
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