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Nacimiento Formation

Nacimiento Formation; Paleocene, San Juan Basin
StateNew Mexico
NameNacimiento Formation
Geologic agePhanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary
Original map labelTn
Primary rock typesandstone
Secondary rock typeshale
Other rock typesconglomerate
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic (Bed)mostly ss some sh, cgl
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 coverageMcKinley - Rio Arriba - Sandoval - San Juan

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