Usage:
Young Ranch Tuff (NM)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Named from its limited occurrence near Young Ranch, in sec. 5, T. 31 S., R. 17 W., Walnut Wells quadrangle, Hidalgo Co., NM (Zeller and Alper, 1965).
AAPG geologic province:
Pedregosa basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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