Usage:
No current usage?
(†/Muleros Andesite (NM,Mexico) [also called Cristo Rey andesite] considered abandoned? Uncertain if used by the NM Geol. Survey. Not used by the USGS.)
[Preoccupied. Name previously applied to Muleros Formation by Strain (1976) in same area.]
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Eocene, middle
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Present in Cerro de Cristo Rey area, NM. Origin of name not stated by author (Lovejoy, 1976).
AAPG geologic province:
Orogrande basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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