Usage:
Pine Canyon Formation (NM)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Named from Pine Canyon, in sec. 1, T. 32 S., R. 19 W., Walnut Wells quadrangle, Hidalgo Co., NM (Zeller and Alper, 1965).
AAPG geologic province:
Pedregosa basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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