Usage:
Marquenas Formation of Vadito Group (NM-recognized locally in Picuris Mountains area)
Geologic age:
early Mesoproterozoic
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: Cerro de las Marquenas in southern Picuris [Mountains], in secs. 19 and 30, T. 23 N., R. 11 E., [Trampas 7.5-min quadrangle, Taos Co., Carson National Forest area], central northern NM (Bauer and Williams, 1989).
AAPG geologic province:
Southern Rocky Mountain region
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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