Usage:
Story Member of Atrasado Formation of Madera Group (NM-notably in Oscura Mountains)
Geologic age:
Late Pennsylvanian (Missourian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: in and near east portion of SE/4 sec. 31, T. 5 S., R. 6 E., on northeast side of Oscura Mountains, Socorro Co., central NM. Named from Story Tank, about 3 mi west of west-central front of Oscura Mountains (Thompson, 1942).
[approx. Lat. 33 deg. 49 min. 36 sec. N., Long. 106 deg. 21 min. 18 sec. W., Garden Spring Canyon 7.5-min quadrangle],
AAPG geologic province:
Orogrande basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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