U.S. Geological Survey Home AASG Logo USGS HOME CONTACT USGS SEARCH USGS
National Geologic Map Database

Geologic Unit: Quarry Peak

Usage:

Quarry Peak Rhyolite Complex (NM)


Geologic age:

Tertiary


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Forms prominent peak west of Steins and north of Southern Pacific RR and State Highway 14. For convenience of this report, the peak above the abandoned quarry is called Quarry Peak from which sequence of rhyolitic rocks takes its name. The complex also crops out west and northwest of Quarry Peak and north of Steins, Hidalgo Co., NM (Gillerman, 1958).


AAPG geologic province:

Pedregosa basin


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.

"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).

Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).