Usage:
Thoreau Formation of San Rafael Group (NM)
Geologic age:
Jurassic
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (also is type locality): exposures along cliffs north of town of Thoreau, in secs. 9 and 17, T. 14 N., R. 13 W., west edge of Thoreau quadrangle, McKinley Co., NM. Named from town of Thoreau (Smith, 1954).
AAPG geologic province:
San Juan basin
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