Usage:
Thurman Formation (NM)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Oligocene
Miocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Along road to Palm Park Mine (barite mine), in sec. 35 and 36, T. 18 S., R. 3 W., Sierra Co., NM. Named from Thurman Arroyo at south end of Caballo Mountains (Kelley and Silver, 1952).
AAPG geologic province:
Orogrande basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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