Usage:
Los Moyos Limestone of Madera Group (NM*-notable exposures in Manzano Mountains)
Geologic age:
Middle Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian)*; locally in type area, Middle to Late Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian to early Missourian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section [= type section of Wild Cow Formation]: 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], Manzano Mountains, Valencia Co., central NM (Myers, 1973).
Named from Los Moyos Canyon [Canon de los Moyos] where unit is well exposed, in the Isleta Indian Reservation, in secs. 11 and 12, T. 7 N., R. 5 E. (projected), Bosque Peak 7.5-min quadrangle, Torrance Co., central NM (Myers, 1973).
Reference sections: (1) exposures in Los Moyos Canyon [Canon de los Moyos]; and (2) measured section of Myers and McKay, 1970 (USGS Geol. Quad. Map GQ-795, lower part of Madera limestone, Pml map unit) south of Sol se Mete Canyon and northwest of Sol se Mete Peak, in sec. 29, T. 9 N., R. 5 E., Mount Washington 7.5-min quadrangle, Bernalillo Co., central NM (Myers, 1973).
AAPG geologic province:
Estancia basin*
San Juan 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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