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Geologic Unit: Veredas

Usage:

No current usage.
(Rocks of †Veredas Group (NM-notably in Oscura Mountains) reallocated to Atrasado and Gray Mesa Formations of Madera Group. See Atrasado and Gray Mesa.)


Geologic age:

Late Pennsylvanian (Missourian)


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Type locality: on northwest side of Oscura Mountains, west slope of range, in eastern part SE/4 sec. 36, T. 5 S., R. 5 E., [Bingham 15-min quadrangle], Socorro Co., central NM. Named from Canyon de las Veredas in central part of Oscura Mountains, Socorro Co., central NM (Thompson, 1942).


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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