Madera Formation (NMPAm;0)

Madera Formation (Limestone, or Group); in Manzano Mountains includes Los Moyos Limestone and Wild Cow Formation; in Lucero Mesa includes Gray Mesa, Atrasdo, and Red Tanks Members; in Sacramento Mountains includes Beeman and Holder Formations; may include strata lumped as Magdalena Group in a few areas

State	New Mexico
Name	Madera Formation
Geologic age	Phanerozoic \| Paleozoic \| Carboniferous Pennsylvanian
Original map label	&m
Comments	Reference NM008: mostly limestone, lesser shale, sandstone, and siltstone.
Primary rock type	limestone
Secondary rock type	fine-grained mixed clastic
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents	Major Sedimentary > Clastic > Mixed-clastic (Bed)mostly fine-grained clastics Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)
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	Bernalillo - Cibola - Rio Arriba - Sandoval - San Miguel - Santa Fe - Sierra - Socorro - Torrance - Valencia