Usage:
South Canyon Tuff (NM)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Oligocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: on northwest side of mouth of South Canyon, approx. 12 mi southwest of Socorro, in SW/4 sec. 30, T. 3 S., R. 2 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.
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