Usage:
Park Tuff (NM)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Named from exposures around rim of "The Park" (fig. 3), in secs. 19, 20, 21, and 29, T. 31 S., R. 18 W., Walnut Wells quadrangle, Hidalgo Co., NM (Zeller, 1965).
AAPG geologic province:
Pedregosa basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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