Rio Salado Tongue of Mancos Shale (NMKmr;0)

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

State	New Mexico
Name	Rio Salado Tongue of Mancos Shale
Geologic age	Phanerozoic \| Mesozoic \| Cretaceous
Original map label	Kmr
Primary rock type	shale
Secondary rock type	limestone
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents	Major Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Bed)no lith description on map Minor Sedimentary > Carbonate (Bed)no lith description on map
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. [http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr9752]
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. [http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr9752]
Geographic coverage	Catron - Cibola - McKinley - Socorro