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Fence Lake Formation

Fence Lake Formation; conglomerate and conglomeratic sandstone, coarse fluvial volcanoclastic sediments, minor eolian facies, and pedogenic carbonates of the southern Colorado Plateau region; Miocene
StateNew Mexico
NameFence Lake Formation
Geologic agePhanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary
Original map labelTfl
Primary rock typesandstone
Secondary rock typeconglomerate
Other rock typescoarse-grained mixed clastic; mixed clastic/volcanic; eolian; mixed clastic/carbonate
Lithologic constituents
Minor
Igneous > Volcaniccontains volacniclastics, and carbonates
Incidental
Sedimentary > Carbonate (Bed)contains volacniclastics, and carbonates
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.
Geographic coverageCatron - Cibola

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