Usage:
/Sandia Granite (NM)
[Name preempted by Sandia Formation of Herrick (1900) in same area.]
Geologic age:
Precambrian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Name applied to a distinctive granite pluton in the Sandia Mountains. Extends for 20 mi along Sandia Mountain front from tip of Four Hills in T. 9 N. (Bernalillo Co.) north to Placitas (Sandoval Co.), NM (Kelley and Northrop, 1975).
AAPG geologic province:
Southern Rocky Mountain region
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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