Servilleta Basalt | |
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Stratigraphic range: Pliocene | |
Type | Formation |
Overlies | Santa Fe Group, Picuris Formation |
Thickness | 1,500 ft (460 m) |
Lithology | |
Primary | Basalt |
Location | |
Coordinates | 36°33′11″N 105°56′10″W / 36.553°N 105.936°W |
Region | Taos County, New Mexico |
Country | United States |
Type section | |
Named for | settlement of Servilleta, New Mexico |
Named by | Butler |
Year defined | 1946 |
The Servilleta Basalt[1][2] or Servilleta Formation[3][4] is a geologic formation that underlies most of the Taos Plateau of northern New Mexico.[5] It has a radiometric age of 3.6 to 4.5 million years, corresponding to the Pliocene epoch.[6]