Usage:
Totavi Lentil of Puye Formation of Santa Fe Group (NM*)
Totavi Member of Puye Formation (NM)
Geologic age:
late Tertiary (Pliocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: quarry just north of Totavi, in NW/4 SE/4 SE/4 sec. 15, T. 19 N., R. 7 E., Los Alamos area, north-central NM. Base not exposed in quarry. Named for community of Totavi in eastern part of area (Griggs and Hem, 1964).
AAPG geologic province:
San Juan basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).