Usage:
Mojado Formation of Bisbee Group (NM*)
Mojado Formation (NM*)
Mojado Formation of Washita Group (NM)
Geologic age:
late Early to early Late Cretaceous (Albian to Cenomanian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: in sec. 20, T. 32 S., R. 15 W., Hidalgo Co., NM. Named from Mojado Pass (Zeller, 1965).
AAPG geologic province:
Pedregosa basin*
Basin-and-Range province*
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 ([ ]).