Usage:
Moreno Hill Formation (NM*)
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous (Turonian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: exposures on southwest side of Santa Rita Mesa, beginning in N/2 sec. 7, T. 4 N., R. 18 W., Moreno Hill quadrangle, Cibola Co., NM. Named from Moreno Hill, T. 4 N., R. 18 W., Cibola Co., NM (McLellan and others, 1983).
AAPG geologic province:
San Juan basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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