Geologic Unit: Sol se Mete

Usage:

No current usage.
(Rocks of †Sol se Mete Member of †Wild Cow Formation of Madera Group (NM-notably in Manzano Mountains) reallocated to Atrasado Formation of Madera Group. See Atrasado.)

Geologic age:

Late Pennsylvanian (Missourian)

Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Type section [= type section of Wild Cow and Los Moyos Formations]: on west side of Priest Canyon in an east-draining ravine that cuts through a hogback, in sec. 7, T. 3 N., R. 5 E., [approx. Lat. 34 deg. 30 min. 03 sec. N., Long. 106 deg. 27 min. 48 sec. N., southern edge of Manzano Peak 7.5-min quadrangle], Manzano Mountains, Valencia Co., central NM (Myers, 1973).
Named from Sol se Mete [Peak], in SW/4 sec. 28, T. 9 N., R. 5 E., [approx. Lat. 34 deg. 58 min. 18 sec. N., Long. 106 deg. 24 min. 54 sec. W.], Mount Washington 7.5-min quadrangle, Kirtland Air Force Base / Cibola National Forest, Bernalillo Co., central NM (Myers, 1973).
Reference sections: (1) Los Moyos Canyon [Canon de los Moyos], in the Isleta Indian Reservation, in secs. 11 and 12, T. 7 N., R. 5 E. (projected), Bosque Peak 7.5-min quadrangle, Torrance Co., central NM; and (2) measured section of Myers and McKay, 1970 (USGS Geol. Quad. Map GQ-795, lower part of Madera limestone, map unit Pml) south of Sol se Mete Canyon and northwest of Sol se Mete Peak, in sec. 29, T. 9 N., R. 5 E., Mount Washington 7.5-min quadrangle, Bernalillo Co., central NM (Myers, 1973).

AAPG geologic province:

Estancia basin
San Juan basin