Usage:
Starvation Draw member (informal) of Rubio Peak Formation (NM)
Informal. The rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Eocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Partial sections measured: (1) on gullied steep slopes in northwest corner of Massacre Peak quadrangle; and (2) on west slope of hill near southeast corner sec. 32, T. 21 S., R. 8 W.; both in Luna Co., NM (Clemons, 1982).
AAPG geologic province:
Basin-and-Range province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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