| Lake Valley Limestone | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
 Lake Valley Limestone at its type locality, north of Lake Valley, New Mexico, USA | |
| Type | Formation |
| Sub-units | See text |
| Overlies | Percha Shale, Caballero Formation |
| Thickness | 420 ft (130 m) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 32°43′23″N 107°34′12″W / 32.723°N 107.570°W |
| Region | New Mexico |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Lake Valley |
| Named by | E.D. Cope |
| Year defined | 1882 |
  Lake Valley Limestone (the United States)  Lake Valley Limestone (New Mexico) | |
The Lake Valley Limestone is a geologic formation widely exposed in southwestern New Mexico.[1] It preserves fossils dating back to the lower to middle Mississippian.[2]
- ^ Laudon, Lowell R.; Bowsher, Arthur L. (1949). "Mississippian formations of southwestern New Mexico". Geological Society of America Bulletin. 60 (1): 1. doi:10.1130/0016-7606(1949)60[1:MFOSNM]2.0.CO;2.
- ^ Armstrong, Augustus K; Mamet, Bernard L. (1974). "Biostratigraphy of the Arroyo Penasco Group, Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian), north-central New Mexico" (PDF). Annual NMGS Fall Field Conference Guidebooks. 25. Retrieved 22 May 2019.