Usage:
Travesser Formation (NM)
[?] Travesser Formation of Dockum Group (CO?)
Geologic age:
Triassic, Late
Norian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: 2 mi south of Baldy Hill, in sec. 12, T. 31 N., R. 32 E., Union Co., northeastern NM. Named from exposures near Travesser Creek. Underlies slope wash and alluvium from Tollgate eastward to OK State line (Baldwin and Muehlberger, 1959).
AAPG geologic province:
Sierra Grande uplift
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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