National Geologic Map Database
Geologic Unit: Rail Canyon
Usage:
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Usage:
Rail Canyon Sandstone Member of Vermejo Formation (NM*)
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Rail Canyon, in T. 29 N., R. 21 E., Colfax Co., NM (Lee, 1924).
AAPG geologic province:
Las Vegas-Raton basin*
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