| State | New Mexico |
|---|---|
| Name | Ogallala Formation |
| Geologic age | Lower Pliocene to middle Miocene |
| Lithologic constituents |
Major
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Sand (Alluvial, Eolian)GEOLEX
Minor
Sedimentary > Carbonate (Calcareous)petrocalcic soils of the southern High Plains; marl
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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 |
| NGMDB product | |
| Counties | Chaves - Colfax - Curry - DeBaca - Eddy - Guadalupe - Harding - Lea - Lincoln - Mora - Quay - Roosevelt - San Miguel - Torrance - Union |