Usage:
York Canyon coal bed (informal) of Raton Formation (NM*)
Informal. The rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.
Geologic age:
Tertiary*
Paleocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Underlies a dissected area of 12 sq mi in York and Road Canyons in central part of Casa Grande quadrangle, Colfax Co., NM. Origin of name not stated by author, but probably named from York Canyon (Pillmore, 1976).
AAPG geologic province:
Las Vegas-Raton 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 ([ ]).