Usage:
Zia Formation of Santa Fe Group (NM*)
Zia Sand (NM*)
Subunits:
(alphabetical) --all in NM: Canada Pilares Member*, Cerro Conejo Member, Chamisa Mesa Member*, Piedra Parada Member*.
Geologic age:
late Tertiary (Miocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: extends from NW/4 sec. 11, T. 14 N., R. 1 E., south-southeast through sec. 14 to northern part of sec. 23, Sky Village NE 7.5-min quadrangle, Sandoval Co., northwestern NM. Named from Zia Indian Pueblo (Galusha, 1966; see also Manley, 1978).
Type area: west of Jemez fault, in secs. 11, 12, 13, 23, and 24, T. 14 N., R. 1 E., Sandoval Co., northwestern NM (Galusha, 1966).
AAPG geologic province:
Estancia basin
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 ([ ]).