Usage:
Santa Rosa Sandstone (NM*)
Santa Rosa Formation (NM*)
Santa Rosa Sandstone of Dockum Group (NM*)
Santa Rosa Formation of Dockum Group (NM*,TX*)
Santa Rosa Formation of Chinle Group (NM)
Subunits:
(alphabetical) --all in NM: Los Esteros Member, Tecolotito Member, Tres Lagunas Member.
Geologic age:
Late Triassic*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: in SW/4 sec. 35, T. 9 N., R. 21 E., Guadalupe Co., northeastern NM (Kelley, 1972).
Principal reference section: in N/2 sec. 1, T. 8 N., R. 21 E., and SE/4 SE/2 sec. 36, T. 9 N., R. 22 E., Guadalupe Co., northeastern NM (Finch, 1988).
AAPG geologic province:
Estancia basin*
Las Vegas-Raton basin*
Orogrande basin*
Palo Duro basin*
Permian 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 ([ ]).