Usage:
Tijeras Greenstone (NM)
Geologic age:
Precambrian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Occurs in a belt 1 mi wide and 5.5 mi long between the Tijeras fault and Cibola Gneiss on the northwest, and Cerro Pelon ridge on the southeast, in T. 9 and 10 N., R. 5 E., Bernalillo Co., NM (Kelley and Northrop, 1975).
AAPG geologic province:
Southwestern Basin-and-Range region
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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