Usage:
Tesuque Formation of Santa Fe Group (NM*)
Subunits:
(alphabetical) --all in NM: Bishops Lodge Member*, Cejita Member*, /Chama-El Rito Member, Nambe Member, Ojo Caliente Sandstone Member, Pojoaque Member, Skull Ridge Member.
Geologic age:
late Tertiary (Miocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Typical exposure in Sangre de Cristo Mountains, 10 mi north of Santa Fe, [Santa Fe Co., Santa Fe National Forest], central NM (Baldwin and Kottlowski, 1955).
[Town of Tesuque about 5 mi north of Santa Fe, in T. 18 N., R. 10 E., Tesuque 7.5-min quadrangle, Santa Fe Co., central NM.]
AAPG geologic province:
Estancia basin*
San Juan basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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