Usage:
Pojoaque Member of Tesuque Formation of Santa Fe Group (NM)
Geologic age:
late Tertiary (Miocene)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: in SW/2 SE/4 sec. 36, T. 20 N., R. 8 E., Santa Fe Co., NM. Exposed in the central Pojoaque Bluffs. Pojoaque is the Spanish translation of the Tewa Indian word meaning "drinking water place" (Galusha and Blick, 1971).
AAPG geologic province:
Estancia basin
San Juan basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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