Santa Fe Group | |
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Stratigraphic range: Oligocene to Pleistocene, | |
Type | Group |
Sub-units | See text |
Overlies | Espinaso Formation |
Thickness | 5,000 m (16,000 ft) |
Lithology | |
Primary | Siltstone |
Other | Sandstone, conglomerate |
Location | |
Region | New Mexico Colorado |
Country | United States |
Extent | Rio Grande rift |
Type section | |
Named for | Santa Fe, New Mexico |
Named by | Hayden |
Year defined | 1869 |
The Santa Fe Group is a group of geologic formations in New Mexico and Colorado. It contains fossils characteristic of the Oligocene through Pleistocene epochs. The group consists of basin-filling sedimentary and volcanic rocks of the Rio Grande rift, and contains important regional aquifers.