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Paleoproterozoic mafic metavolcanic rocks with subordinate felsic metavolcanic rocks

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Includes the 1.78-1.72 Ga Moppin (Tusas Mountains), Gold Hill (Taos Range), and Pecos (Sangre de Cristo Mountains) complexes; interpreted to be supracrustal part of juvenile volcanic arc basement.
State New Mexico
Name Paleoproterozoic mafic metavolcanic rocks with subordinate felsic metavolcanic rocks
Geologic age Paleoproterozoic
Lithologic constituents
Major
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > MetaclasticGEOLEX - numerous metasedimentary rocks; mostly metasandstone, metaconglomerate, and various schists.
Metamorphic > Metaigneous > MetavolcanicGEOLEX - mafic metavolcanic rocks with subordinate felsic metavolcanic rocks.
Metamorphic > GneissGEOLEX
Minor
Metamorphic > AmphiboliteGEOLEX
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/

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Counties Bernalillo - Cibola - Colfax - Dona Ana - Mora - Rio Arriba - Sandoval - San Miguel - Sierra - Socorro - Taos - Torrance - Valencia