Raton Formation (NMTKr;0)

Raton Formation

Distal sandstones, mudstones, and coal beds in eastern Raton Basin. Middle barren zone laterally equivalent to Poison Canyon Formation. K/T boundary discontinuously exposed about 100 m above basal conglomerate in area southwest of Raton.

State	New Mexico
Name	Raton Formation
Geologic age	Paleocene and upper Cretaceous
Lithologic constituents	Major Sedimentary > Clastic > Conglomerate (Bed) Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed) Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Bed) Minor Sedimentary > Coal (Bed)
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
NGMDB product	NGMDB product page for 59219 NGMDB product page for 22974
Counties	Colfax

Raton Formation

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.