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Geologic Unit: Zuni

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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