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Menefee Formation

Menefee Formation; mudstone, shale, and sandstone; coal-bearing
StateNew Mexico
NameMenefee Formation
Geologic agePhanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous
Original map labelKmf
CommentsSandstone, siltstone, shale, coal, and limestone.
Primary rock typefine-grained mixed clastic
Secondary rock typecoal
Other rock typeslimestone
Lithologic constituents
Minor
Sedimentary > Coal (Bed)mostly the finer grained clastics to sandstone
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)mostly the finer grained clastics to sandstone
Map references
Anderson, O.J., Jones.G.E., and Green, G.N., compilers, 1997, Geologic map of New Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-52.
Unit references
Anderson, O.J., Jones.G.E., and Green, G.N., compilers, 1997, Geologic map of New Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-52.
U.S. Geological Survey, 1992, Stratigraphic Nomenclature Databases for the United States, its possessions and territories: U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series DDS-6 (CD).
Geographic coverageCibola - McKinley - Sandoval - San Juan

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