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Abo Formation

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Red beds, arkosic at base, finer and more mature above; Wolfcampian; may include limestone beds of Pennsylvanian age (Virgilian) in Zuni Mountains. In Robledo Mountains the Abo may be considered a member of the Hueco Formation.
State New Mexico
Name Abo Formation
Geologic age Wolfcampian
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed, Arkosic)no lith description on map - description from GEOLEX
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Conglomerate (Bed)no lith description on map - description from GEOLEX
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Bed)no lith description on map - description from GEOLEX
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)no lith description on map - description from GEOLEX
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 Bernalillo - Cibola - Dona Ana - Grant - Lincoln - Luna - McKinley - Otero - Rio Arriba - Sandoval - Santa Fe - Sierra - Socorro - Torrance - Valencia