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Geologic units in Catron county, New Mexico

eolian deposits (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary) at surface, covers 0.1 % of this area

Eolian deposits

Lithology: eolian

older alluvial deposits of upland plains and piedmont areas (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary) at surface, covers 0.5 % of this area

Older alluvial deposits of upland plains and piedmont areas, and calcic soils and eolian cover sediments of High Plains region; includes scattered lacustrine, playa, and alluvial deposits of the Tahoka, Double Tanks, Tule, Blanco, Blackwater Draw, and Gatuna Formations, the latter of which may be Pliocene at base; outcrops, however, are basically of Quaternary deposits; upper Quaternary to uppermost Pliocene(?)

Lithology: alluvium

rhyolitic pyroclastic rocks (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary) at surface, covers 7 % of this area

Upper Oligocene rhyolitic pyroclastic rocks (ash-flow tuffs); includes Davis Canyon Tuff, South Crosby Peak Formation, La Jencia, Vick's Peak, Lemitar, South Canyon, Bloodgood Canyon, Shelley Peak Tuffs, tuff of Horseshoe Canyon, Park Tuff, Rhyolite Canyon Tuff, Apache Springs Tuff, Diamond Creek, Jordan Canyon, Garcia Camp Tuffs, the Turkey Springs Tuff, the tuff of Little Mineral Creek, the Amalia Tuff, and others. Some contain volcaniclastic and reworked volcaniclastic rocks, and eolian sandstone; (24-29 Ma)

Lithology: tuff; pyroclastic; rhyolite; andesite; mixed clastic/volcanic; eolian

lacustrine and playa-lake deposits (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary) at surface, covers 3 % of this area

Lacustrine and playa-lake deposits; includes associated alluvial and eolian deposits of major lake basins; upper Quaternary

Lithology: lake or marine deposit (non-glacial); alluvium; eolian

silicic pyroclastic rocks (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary) at surface, covers 3 % of this area

Lower Oligocene silicic pyroclastic rocks (ash-flow tuffs); includes Hell's Mesa, Kneeling Nun, lower part of Bell Top Formation, Caballo Blanco, Datil Well, Leyba Well, Rock House Canyon, Blue Canyon, Sugarlump and Tadpole Ridge Tuffs, the tuffs of the Organ cauldron, Treasure Mountain Tuff (now known as Chiquito Peak Tuff), Bluff Creek Tuff, Oak Creek Tuff, tuff of Steins Mountain, tuff of Black Bill Canyon, tuff of Farr Ranch, Woodhaul Canyon, Gillespie and Box Canyon Tuffs, Cooney Tuff, and other volcanic and interbedded fluvial and pumiceous units; (31-36.5 Ma)

Lithology: pyroclastic; tuff; felsic volcanic rock; volcanic rock (aphanitic); mixed clastic/volcanic

Chinle Group (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Triassic) at surface, covers 0.8 % of this area

Chinle Group; Upper Triassic; includes Moenkopi Formation (Middle Triassic) at base in many areas; in eastern part of state the following five formations are mapped:

Lithology: medium-grained mixed clastic; fine-grained mixed clastic; limestone; chert; evaporite

Gallup Sandstone and underlying D-Cross Tongue of Mancos Shale (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous) at surface, covers 0.1 % of this area

Gallup Sandstone and underlying D-Cross Tongue of the Mancos Shale; Turonian

Lithology: sandstone; shale

Permian Rocks, undivided (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Permian) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Permian rocks, undivided

Lithology: sedimentary rock

silicic flows, domes, and associated pyroclastic rocks (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Lower Oligocene silicic (or felsic) flows, domes, and associated pyroclastic rocks and intrusions; includes Mimbres Peak Formation

Lithology: lava flow; tuff; felsic volcanic rock; conglomerate; pyroclastic

volcanic and some volcaniclastic rocks (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary) at surface, covers 0.2 % of this area

Volcanic and some volcaniclastic rocks, undifferentiated; lower Miocene and Upper Oligocene (younger than 29 Ma)

Lithology: volcanic rock (aphanitic); mixed clastic/volcanic

andesite and basaltic andesite flows and associated volcaniclastic units (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary) at surface, covers 3 % of this area

Lower Tertiary, (Lower Oligocene and Eocene) andesite and basaltic andesite flows, and associated volcaniclastic units. Includes Rubio Peak Formation, and andesite of Dry Leggett Canyon

Lithology: andesite; basalt; intermediate volcanic rock; mafic volcanic rock; mixed clastic/volcanic

sedimentary units, Palogene (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary) at surface, covers 4 % of this area

Paleogene sedimentary units; includes Baca, Galisteo, El Rito, Blanco Basin, Love Ranch, Lobo, Sanders Canyon, Skunk Ranch, Timberlake, and Cub Mountain Formations

Lithology: medium-grained mixed clastic; tuff; limestone; sand; clay or mud

Madera Limestone, exotic blocks (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Carboniferous Pennsylvanian) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Madera Limestone, exotic blocks; present only in the Chloride area of Sierra County

Lithology: limestone

basalt and andesite flows and vent deposits (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary) at surface, covers 0.1 % of this area

Basalt and andesite flows and locally vent deposits

Lithology: andesite; basalt

basalt or basaltic andesite (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary) at surface, covers 0.2 % of this area

Basalt or basaltic andesite; middle and lower Pleistocene

Lithology: basalt; mafic volcanic rock; intermediate volcanic rock

basalt and andesite flows, Neogene (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary) at surface, covers 0.6 % of this area

Basalt and andesite flows; Neogene. Includes flows interbedded with Santa Fe and Gila Groups

Lithology: basalt; andesite

Lower and Middle Santa Fe Group (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary) at surface, covers 0.1 % of this area

Lower and Middle Santa Fe Group. Includes Hayner Ranch, Rincon Valley, Popotosa, Cochiti, Tesuque, Chamita, Abiquiu, and other Formations; Miocene and uppermost Oligocene

Lithology: coarse-grained mixed clastic; unconsolidated deposit; tuff; chert

andesites and basaltic andesites (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary) at surface, covers 2 % of this area

Upper Oligocene andesites and basaltic andesites (26-29 Ma); includes La Jara Peak Basaltic Andesite, Uvas Basalt, the basaltic andesite of Poverty Creek, and Squirrel Springs Andesite, the Razorback, Bear Springs Canyon, Salt Creek, Gila Flat, and Middle Mountain Formations, and the Alum Mountain Group; locally includes more silicic flows

Lithology: andesite; basalt; intermediate volcanic rock; mafic volcanic rock; felsic volcanic rock; rhyolite

alluvium (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary) at surface, covers 11 % of this area

Alluvium; upper and middle Quaternary

Lithology: alluvium

Tres Hermanos Formation (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Tres Hermanos Formation; formerly designated as Lower Gallup Sandstone in the Zuni Basin; Turonian

Lithology: sandstone

Rio Salado Tongue of Mancos Shale (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous) at surface, covers 0.2 % of this area

Rio Salado Tongue of the Mancos Shale. Overlies Twowells Tongue of Dakota Sandstone; mapped only where Tres Hermanos Formation or the Atarque Sandstone is present; mapped as Kdr in parts of Socorro County; Turonian

Lithology: shale; limestone

basaltic andesites (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary) at surface, covers 15 % of this area

Lower Miocene and uppermost Oligocene basaltic andesites (22-26 Ma). Includes Bearwallow Mountain Andesite and basaltic andesite of Mangas Mountain

Lithology: andesite; basalt; intermediate volcanic rock; mafic volcanic rock

basalt and andesite flows, Miocene (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary) at surface, covers 1 % of this area

Basalt and andesite flows; Miocene

Lithology: basalt; andesite

silicic to intermediate volcanic rocks (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary) at surface, covers 1 % of this area

Silicic to intermediate volcanic rocks; mainly quartz latite and rhyolite Neogene; may locally include flows interbedded with Santa Fe Group

Lithology: felsic volcanic rock; intermediate volcanic rock

basaltic and andesitic volcanics interbedded with sedimentary units (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary Quaternary) at surface, covers 2 % of this area

Basaltic and andesitic volcanics interbedded with Pleistocene and Pliocene sedimentary units

Lithology: basalt; andesite; sedimentary rock

silicic to intermediate intrusive rocks (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Miocene to Oligocene silicic to intermediate intrusive rocks; dikes, stocks, plugs, and diatremes

Lithology: plutonic rock (phaneritic)

mafic intrusive rocks (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Upper and Middle Tertiary mafic intrusive rocks

Lithology: plutonic rock (phaneritic)

Moreno Hill Formation and Atarque Sandstone (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous) at surface, covers 3 % of this area

Moreno Hill Formation and Atarque Sandstone; in Salt Lake coal field and extreme southern Zuni basin; Turonian

Lithology: sandstone; shale; coal

intrusive rocks (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Tertiary intrusive rocks; undifferentiated

Lithology: plutonic rock (phaneritic)

landslide deposits and colluvium (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Landslide deposits and colluvium

Lithology: landslide; colluvium

Fence Lake Formation (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary) at surface, covers 4 % of this area

Fence Lake Formation; conglomerate and conglomeratic sandstone, coarse fluvial volcanoclastic sediments, minor eolian facies, and pedogenic carbonates of the southern Colorado Plateau region; Miocene

Lithology: sandstone; conglomerate; coarse-grained mixed clastic; mixed clastic/volcanic; eolian; mixed clastic/carbonate

basaltic volcanics (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Basaltic volcanics; tuff rings, cinders, and proximal lavas

Lithology: basalt; pyroclastic

piedmont alluvial deposits (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary) at surface, covers 5 % of this area

Piedmont alluvial deposits: upper and middle Quaternary; includes deposits of higher gradient tributaries bordering major stream valleys, alluvial veneers of the piedmont slope, and alluvial fans

Lithology: alluvium

basalt and andesite flows, Pliocene (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Basalt and andesite flows; Pliocene

Lithology: basalt; andesite

intertongued Dakota-Mancos sequence (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous) at surface, covers 1 % of this area

Intertongued Dakota-Mancos sequence of west-central New Mexico; includes the Whitewater Arroyo Tongue of Mancos Shale and the Twowells Tongue of the Dakota

Lithology: fine-grained mixed clastic; medium-grained mixed clastic; limestone

silicic flows and massess and associated pyroclastic rocks (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary) at surface, covers 5 % of this area

Upper Oligocene silicic (or felsic) flows and masses and associated pyroclastic rocks; includes Taylor Creek, Fanney, and Rocky Canyon Rhyolites

Lithology: felsic volcanic rock; pyroclastic; rhyolite

volcanic rocks, lower Oligocene and Eocene (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary) at surface, covers 0.2 % of this area

Lower Oligocene and Eocene volcanic rocks, undifferentiated; dominantly intermediate composition, with interbedded volcaniclastic rocks; (31-44 Ma)

Lithology: volcanic rock (aphanitic); intermediate volcanic rock; mixed clastic/volcanic

older piedmont alluvial deposits and shallow basin fill (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary Quaternary) at surface, covers 3 % of this area

Older piedmont alluvial deposits and shallow basin fill; includes Quemado Formation and in northeast, high level pediment gravels

Lithology: alluvium; unconsolidated deposit

sedimentary and vocaniclastic sedimentary rocks (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary) at surface, covers 11 % of this area

Mostly Oligocene and upper Eocene sedimentary and volcaniclastic sedimentary rocks with local andesitic to intermediate volcanics; includes Espinaso, Spears, Bell Top, and Palm Park Formations

Lithology: clastic; mixed clastic/volcanic; volcanic rock (aphanitic); unconsolidated deposit

upper Tertiary sedimentary units (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary) at surface, covers 0.2 % of this area

Upper Tertiary sedimentary units; includes Bidahochi Formation, the Picuris Formation, and Las Feveras Formation, and locally fanglomerates; Pliocene to upper Miocene

Lithology: clastic; mixed clastic/volcanic; volcanic rock (aphanitic); unconsolidated deposit

Upper Santa Fe Group (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary Quaternary) at surface, covers 0.2 % of this area

Upper Santa Fe Group. Includes Camp Rice, Fort Hancock, Palomas, Sierra Ladrones, Ancha, Puye, and Alamosa Formations; middle Pleistocene to uppermost Miocene

Lithology: clastic; unconsolidated deposit; mixed clastic/volcanic

Gila Group (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary Quaternary) at surface, covers 11 % of this area

Gila Group. Includes Mimbres Formation and several informal units in southwestern basins; Middle Pleistocene to uppermost Oligocene

Lithology: conglomerate; sandstone; basalt

Dakota Sandstone (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous) at surface, covers 0.9 % of this area

Dakota Sandstone; includes Oak Canyon, Cubero, and Paguate Tongues plus Clay Mesa Tongue of Mancos Shale; Cenomanian

Lithology: medium-grained mixed clastic

Crevasse Canyon Formation (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous) at surface, covers 4 % of this area

Crevasse Canyon Formation; coal-bearing units are Dilco and Gibson Coal Members; other members are Bartlett Barren, Dalton Sandstone, and Borrego Pass Sandstone (or Lentil)

Lithology: fine-grained mixed clastic; coal