Usage:
Meseta Blanca Sandstone Member of Yeso Formation (NM*)
Geologic age:
early Permian (Leonardian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
In sec. 3, T. 16 N., R. 2 E., Valencia Co., NM (Wood and Northrop, 1946).
AAPG geologic province:
San Juan basin*
Orogrande basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).