Usage:
Shelley Peak Tuff (NM*)
Geologic age:
Tertiary*
Oligocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: in SE/4 sec. 11, T. 13 S., R. 17 W., Shelley Peak quadrangle. Named from Shelley Peak, Catron Co., NM (Ratte, 1981).
Reference sections (both in Saliz Pass quadrangle): (1) in S/2 sec. 31, T. 8 S., R. 20 W.; (2) in SE/4 sec. 7, T. 9 S., R. 20 W. (Ratte, 1981).
AAPG geologic province:
Basin-and-Range province*
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 ([ ]).