Usage:
Tierra Blanca Member of Lake Valley Limestone (NM*)
Tierra Blanca Member of Lake Valley Formation (NM*)
Geologic age:
Early Mississippian (Tournaisian; Osagean)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: on Apache Hill, at type section of Lake Valley Formation, in NE/4 NW/4 sec. 21, T. 18 S., R. 7 W., Sierra Co., NM. Named from Tierra Blanca Creek, Otero Co., NM, along which are excellent exposures in vicinity of Nunn Ranch (Laudon and Bowsher, 1949).
AAPG geologic province:
Orogrande basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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