STRATIGRAPHY OF THE LOWER PERMIAN HUECO GROUP IN THE ROBLEDO MOUNTAINS, DONA ANA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO
- ASU Author/Contributor (non-ASU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Andrew B. Heckert Ph.D., Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- Appalachian State University (ASU )
- Web Site: https://library.appstate.edu/
Abstract: Most of the Paleozoic strata exposed in the Robledo Mountains, Dona Ana County, New Mexico have long been referred to the Hueco Formation divided into four informal members. We re-visit stratigraphy by elevating Hueco to group status in the Robledo Mountains and naming its constituent formations (ascending order) the Shalem Colony, Community Pit, Robledo Mountains, and Apache Da m Formations. The Shalem Colony Formation is about 183 m thick and mostly calcirudites, calcarenites and grainstones. The Community Pit Formation is about 61 m thick and mostly packstones and micrites. The 125-m thick Robledo Mountains Formation is packstones, marine shale and red-bed sandstones and siltstones. The Apache Da m Formation is about 122 m thick and mostly alga l plate limestones. Biostratigraphically useful fossils from the Robledo Mountains Formation indicate a late Wolfcampian age.
STRATIGRAPHY OF THE LOWER PERMIAN HUECO GROUP IN THE ROBLEDO MOUNTAINS, DONA ANA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO
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- Publication
- SPENCER G. LUCAS, ANDREW B. HECKERT, JOHN W. ESTEP, CASEY W. COOK(1998) STRATIGRAPHY OF THE LOWER PERMIAN HUECO GROUP IN THE ROBLEDO MOUNTAINS, DONA ANA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO. NMMNH Bulletin (# 12)
- Language: English
- Date: 1998
- Keywords
- , stratigraphy, lower, permian, heuco, robledo, paleozoic,