| State | New Mexico |
|---|---|
| Name | Yeso Formation |
| Geologic age | Leonardian |
| Lithologic constituents |
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed)
Sedimentary > Carbonate (Bed)limestone, dolostone - but geolex describes limestone instead of dolo.
Sedimentary > Chemical > Evaporite (Bed)anhydrite, gypsum, halite
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mixed-clasticno lith description on map - description from GEOLEX - shale, siltstone
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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 | Bernalillo - Chaves - Cibola - Dona Ana - Lincoln - McKinley - Otero - Sandoval - San Miguel - Santa Fe - Sierra - Socorro - Torrance - Valencia |