Usage:
Magdalena Peak Rhyolite of Santa Fe Group (NM)
Geologic age:
late Tertiary (Miocene)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area: on and south of Magdalena Peak, 1.25 to 5 mi south of village of Magdalena on Magdalena Peak, and along Hop and Agua Frio Canyons, in sec. 34, T. 2 S., R. 4 W., and secs. 2, 3, 10, 11, 14, and 15, T. 3 S., R. 4 W., Magdalena SW 7.5-min quadrangle, Socorro Co., central NM (Osburn and Chapin, 1983).
AAPG geologic province:
Orogrande basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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