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Pescado Tongue of the Mancos Shale and Gallup Sandstone

Pescado Tongue of the Mancos Shale and Gallup Sandstone; in Zuni Basin only. Pescado is chrono-stratigraphic equivalent of Juana Lopez Member of Mancos Shale; Turonian
StateNew Mexico
NamePescado Tongue of the Mancos Shale and Gallup Sandstone
Geologic agePhanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous
Original map labelKpg
CommentsGallup Sandstone: sandstone Pescado Tongue: sandstone, shale
Primary rock typesandstone
Secondary rock typeshale
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mixed-clastic > Sandstone-Mudstone (Bed)mostly ss, some sh
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

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