Usage:
No current usage.
(†Ocate Sandstone (NM) replaced with Entrada Sandstone. See Entrada.)
Geologic age:
Jurassic, Middle
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Named from village of Ocate, Mora Co., NM (Bachman, 1953).
AAPG geologic province:
Las Vegas-Raton 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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