State | New Mexico |
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Name | Poison Canyon Formation |
Geologic age | Paleocene and upper Cretaceous |
Lithologic constituents | Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > ConglomerateGEOLEX - fluvial in origin
Sedimentary > Clastic > SandstoneGEOLEX - fluvial in origin
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References | New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, 2003, Geologic Map of New Mexico, scale 1:500,000 (includes some new polygons, faults, and attributes not in NM001 - heads up digitizing by JHorton).USGS Geologic Names lexicon found at: http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/search |
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Counties | Colfax - Taos |