Usage:
Lead Camp Limestone (NM*)
Geologic age:
Pennsylvanian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: near junction of Lead Camp and San Andres Canyons, on north side of San Andres Canyon, in NW/4 sec. 19, T. 18 S., R. 4 E., Dona Ana Co., NM. Named from canyon in southern San Andres Mountains (Bachman and Myers, 1969).
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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