Mescalero caliche (informal) (NM)
Informal. The rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.
Quaternary
Pleistocene, middle
Not designated. Observed to underlie the Mescalero plain at many places in southeastern NM (Bachman, 1976).
Permian basin
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