Love Ranch Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: | |
Type | Formation |
Underlies | Palm Park Formation, Rubio Peak Formation |
Overlies | McRae Formation |
Thickness | 2,100 feet (640 m) |
Lithology | |
Primary | Conglomerate |
Other | Siltstone, sandstone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 32°33′02″N 106°34′41″W / 32.5506°N 106.5780°W |
Region | New Mexico |
Country | United States |
Type section | |
Named for | Love Ranch |
Named by | Kottlowski, Flower, Thompson, and Foster |
Year defined | 1956 |
The Love Ranch Formation is a geologic formation in southern New Mexico.[1] It was likely deposited during the late Paleocene and early Eocene epochs.[2]