Osha Canyon Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: | |
Type | Formation |
Underlies | Sandia Formation |
Overlies | Log Springs Formation |
Thickness | 90 ft (27 m) at type section |
Lithology | |
Primary | Shale |
Other | Limestone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 35°43′59″N 106°45′47″W / 35.7331131°N 106.763088°W |
Region | Jemez Mountains |
Country | United States |
Type section | |
Named for | Osha Canyon 35°42′11″N 106°46′07″W / 35.7030223°N 106.7687459°W |
Named by | H. DuChene |
Year defined | 1973 |
The Osha Canyon Formation is a geologic formation in the Nacimiento Mountains of New Mexico. It contains fossils characteristic of the Bashkirian stage of the Pennsylvanian period.