Usage:
Rubio Peak Formation (NM*)
Subunits:
Starvation Draw member (informal) (NM).
Geologic age:
Tertiary*
Eocene
Oligocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated (Hernon and others, 1953).
Named [in an unpublished manuscript by Elston (1953)] from a prominent butte, in secs. 9, 10, 15 and 16, T. 19 S., R. 10 W., Dwyer quadrangle, Grant Co., NM.
AAPG geologic province:
Basin-and-Range province*
Orogrande basin*
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 ([ ]).