Mojado Formation
| Mojado Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
| Type | Formation |
| Underlies | Cowboy Spring Formation |
| Overlies | U-Bar Formation |
| Thickness | 5,150–7,800 feet (1,570–2,380 m) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Other | Shale, limestone, siltstone |
| Location | |
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| Region | New Mexico |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Mojado Pass |
| Named by | R.A. Zeller Jr. |
| Year defined | 1962 |
Mojado Formation (the United States) Mojado Formation (New Mexico) | |
The Mojado Formation is a geologic formation in southwestern New Mexico. It preserves fossils dating back to the early Cretaceous period.[1][2]
Description
[edit | edit source]The formation consists mostly of sandstone and shale, with some limestone, and siltstone.[3] It rests conformably on the U-Bar Formation[2] and is unconformably overlain by the Cowboy Spring Formation.The total thickness is 5,150–7,800 feet (1,570–2,380 m).[4]
Lucas and his coinvestigators assigned the formation to the Bisbee Group and divided it into the Fryingpan Spring, Sarten, Beartooth, and Rattlesnake Ridge members.[3]
The Fryingpan Spring Member is interpreted as continental deltaic sedimentation.[5] The Sarten Member is fluvial while the Rattlesnake Ridge Member represents a return to shallow marine conditions.[6]
Fossils
[edit | edit source]The formation contains fossil mollusks such as gastropods, ammonites, and pelecypod,[2] foraminifera, and scaphopods. These date the formation to the late Albian.[4]
History of investigation
[edit | edit source]The formation name was first used by Zeller in 1962,[1] but he did not formally name the formation until 1965.[2] In 1998, Lucas and coinvestigators assigned the formation to the Bisbee Group and divided it into the Fryingpan Spring, Sarten, Beartooth, and Rattlesnake Ridge members.[3] However, Lawton abandoned the Beartooth Member in 2004.[6]
See also
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Footnotes
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Zeller 1962.
- ^ a b c d Zeller 1965.
- ^ a b c Lucas & Estep 1998.
- ^ a b Zeller & Alper 1965.
- ^ Hayes 1970.
- ^ a b Lawton 2004, pp. 162–163.
References
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