Artesia Group (NMPat;0)

State	New Mexico
Name	Artesia Group
Geologic age	Phanerozoic \| Paleozoic \| Permian
Original map label	Pat
Comments	The Artesia is distinguishable from Moenkopi by its finer grain size, absence of conglomerate, predominance of brown, sandy siltstone. Contains: dolomite, sandstone, anhydrite, siltstone.
Primary rock type	fine-grained mixed clastic
Secondary rock type	dolostone (dolomite)
Other rock types	evaporite
Lithologic constituents	Major Sedimentary > Clastic > Mixed-clastic > Sandstone-Mudstone (Bed)fine-grained mixed clastic Minor Sedimentary > Carbonate > Dolostone (Bed)fine-grained mixed clastic Sedimentary > Chemical > Evaporite > Anhydrite (Bed)fine-grained mixed clastic
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] 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). [http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ds6] USGS Geologic Names Lexicon (GEOLEX) [http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/]
Geographic coverage	Chaves - DeBaca - Eddy - Guadalupe - Lincoln - Otero - San Miguel - Santa Fe - Sierra - Socorro - Torrance