Usage:
South Crosby Peak Formation (NM)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Oligocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: approx. 4.3 mi southwest of Datil and 1.8 mi northeast of South Crosby Peak, in NE/4 sec. 19, T. 2 S., R. 10 W., Catron Co., NM. Named from exposures on South Crosby Peak in eastern Crosby Mountains, Catron Co., 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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