Usage:
Sawmill Canyon Formation (NM)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Oligocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area: in secs. 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, and 15, T. 5 S., R. 3 W., Socorro Co., central NM (Osburn and Chapin, 1983).
AAPG geologic province:
Orogrande 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 ([ ]).