| La Pasada Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
 La Pasada Formation at its type section at Dalton's Bluff | |
| Type | Formation |
| Underlies | Alamitos Formation |
| Overlies | Tererro Formation |
| Thickness | 973 ft (297 m) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Other | Shale |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 35°39′43″N 105°41′35″W / 35.662°N 105.693°W |
| Region | New Mexico |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Upper La Pasada (abandoned Spanish settlement) |
| Named by | P.K. Sutherland |
| Year defined | 1963 |
  La Pasada Formation (the United States)  La Pasada Formation (New Mexico) | |
The La Pasada Formation is a geologic formation in the southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains of New Mexico. It preserves fossils dating back to the early to middle Pennsylvanian.[1]
- ^ Sutherland, P.K. (1963). "Paleozoic rocks". In Miller, J.P.; Montgomery, Arthur; Sutherland, P.K. (eds.). Geology of part of the southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains, New Mexico. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources Memoir 11. pp. 22–44. Retrieved 15 December 2021.