Blackshare Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Miocene, | |
Type | Formation |
Unit of | Santa Fe Group |
Underlies | Tuerto Formation |
Overlies | Tanos Formation |
Thickness | Over 1,260 m (4,130 ft) |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone, conglomerate |
Other | Mudstone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 35°25′05″N 106°18′25″W / 35.418°N 106.307°W |
Region | New Mexico |
Country | United States |
Type section | |
Named for | Blackshare Ranch |
Named by | S.D. Connell and S.M. Cather |
Year defined | 2002 |
The Blackshare Formation is a geologic formation exposed in the Hagan Basin west of the Ortiz Mountains of New Mexico. It is estimated be to of Miocene age.[1][2][3]