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Lower-upper middle Tertiary basaltic andesites and andesites of the Mogollon Group
Includes La Jara Peak Basaltic Andesite, Uvas Basaltic Andesite, basaltic andesites of Poverty Creek and Twin Peaks, Squirrel Springs Canyon Andesite, Razorback Basalt, Bear Springs Basalt, flows of Gila Flat, Salt Creek Formation, Middle Mountain Formation, and the Alum Mountain Group. Pre-Amalia-Tuff lavas in the Questa caldera are dominantly silicic andesites and dacites; elsewhere silicic lavas are a minor component of Tual.
State |
New Mexico |
Name |
Lower-upper middle Tertiary basaltic andesites and andesites of the Mogollon Group |
Geologic age |
Upper Oligocene (26-29 Ma) |
Lithologic constituents |
Major
Igneous > Volcanic > Mafic-volcanic > Basalt (Flow)
Igneous > Volcanic > Mafic-volcanic > Andesite (Flow)
Igneous > Volcanic > Mafic-volcanic > Basaltic-andesite (Flow)
Minor
Igneous > Volcanic > Felsic-volcanic > Dacite (Pyroclastic-tuff)
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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 |
NGMDB product |
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Counties |
Catron - Colfax - Dona Ana - Grant - Hidalgo - Luna - Sierra - Socorro - Taos
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