Usage:
Zuni Sandstone (NM*)
Subunits:
Acoma Tongue (NM).
Geologic age:
Middle Jurassic*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from exposures in Zuni Plateau, [San Juan Co.], northwestern NM (Dutton, 1885).
Type locality: Taaiylone Mesa, in sec. 36, T. 10 N., R. 19 W., and sec. 1, T. 9 N., R. 19 W., Zuni 7.5-min quadrangle, Valencia Co., NM (Anderson, 1983).
AAPG geologic province:
San Juan 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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