Glenwoody Formation

Glenwoody Formation
Stratigraphic range: Statherian
Quartzite of the Glenwoody Formation at the base of the Pilar Cliffs, New Mexico, United States
TypeFormation
Unit ofVadito Group
UnderliesHondo Group
Overlieslower Vadito Group
Thickness300 m (980 ft)
Lithology
PrimaryQuartzmuscovite schist
OtherQuartzite
Location
Coordinates36°15′57″N 105°47′44″W / 36.2659°N 105.7956°W / 36.2659; -105.7956
RegionPicuris Mountains, New Mexico
CountryUnited States
Type section
Named forGlenwoody mining camp
Named byBauer and Williams
Year defined1989
Glenwoody Formation is located in the United States
Glenwoody Formation
Glenwoody Formation (the United States)
Glenwoody Formation is located in New Mexico
Glenwoody Formation
Glenwoody Formation (New Mexico)

The Glenwoody Formation is a geological formation that is exposed in the cliffs southeast of the Rio Grande Gorge near the town of Pilar and in a few other locations in the Picuris Mountains.[1] Its minimum age from detrital zircon geochronology is 1.693 Mya, corresponding to the Statherian period.

  1. ^ Bauer 2004, p. 219