Formation | |
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Type | Formation |
Unit of | Manzano Group |
Underlies | Blue Springs Formation |
Overlies | Estadio Schist |
Thickness | 600 feet (180 m) |
Lithology | |
Primary | Quartzite |
Location | |
Coordinates | 34°24′43″N 106°30′58″W / 34.412°N 106.516°W |
Region | New Mexico |
Country | United States |
Type section | |
Named for | Sais railroad station |
Named by | J.T. Stark and E.C. Dapples |
Year defined | 1946 |
The Sais Quartzite is a geologic formation exposed in the Los Pinos Mountains of central New Mexico.