Usage:
No current usage.
(†South Baldy Peak Andesite (NM) abandoned.)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Oligocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: South Baldy, the highest peak in the Magdalena Range, approx. 10 mi south of Magdalena, in sec. 6, T. 4 S., R. 3 W., South Baldy 7.5-min quadrangle, Socorro Co., central NM (Osburn and Chapin, 1983).
AAPG geologic province:
Orogrande basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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