| State | New Mexico |
|---|---|
| Name | Gila Group, Formation, or Conglomerate |
| Geologic age | Middle Pleistocene to uppermost Oligocene? |
| Lithologic constituents | Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mixed-clastic > Conglomerate-sandstone (Bed)no lith description on map - description from GEOLEX - Gila consists of basin-filling sedimentary rocks which include volcaniclastic conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone, as well as interlayered basaltic to dacitic lava flows and associated intrusions.
Igneous > Volcanic (Flow, Dike or sill)no lith description on map - description from GEOLEX - interlayered basaltic to dacitic lava flows and associated intrusions
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| References | Green, G.N., Jones, G.E., and Anderson, O.J., 1997, The Digital Geologic Map of New Mexico in ARC/INFO Format: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-0052, 9 p., scale 1:500,000.https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr9752 USGS Geologic Names lexicon found at: http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/search |
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| Counties | Catron - Grant - Hidalgo - Luna - Sierra |