Usage:
Slagle Trachyte (NM*)
Geologic age:
Tertiary*
Oligocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Slagle Canyon, where it is well exposed in canyon walls (Collins, 1949).
Type area: exposures on west side of Slagle Canyon, in SW/4 sec. 34, T. 27 N., R. 25 E., Colfax Co., NM (Scott and others, 1990).
AAPG geologic province:
Las Vegas-Raton basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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