Usage:
/Los Pinos Granite (NM)
[Preoccupied. Name previously applied to Los Pinos Gravel by Atwood and Mather (1932) also in NM.]
Geologic age:
Paleoproterozoic
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
[Type locality not stated.] Constitutes major part of Los Pinos Mountains, Socorro Co., central NM. Forms steep western escarpment for 7 mi along central and southern parts of range (Stark and Dapples, 1946).
AAPG geologic province:
Southern Rocky Mountain region
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