Trampas Group

Trampas Group
Stratigraphic range: Calymmian
Trampas Group beds in Picuris Mountains
TypeGroup
Sub-unitsPiedra Lumbre Formation
Pilar Formation
UnderliesMarquenas Formation
OverliesOrtega Formation
Thickness1,000 m (3,300 ft)
Lithology
PrimarySchist, phyllite
OtherQuartzite
Location
Coordinates36°12′07″N 105°52′19″W / 36.202°N 105.872°W / 36.202; -105.872
RegionPicuris Mountains, New Mexico
CountryUnited States
Type section
Named forTrampas, New Mexico
Named byDaniel, Pfeiffer, Jones, and McFarlane
Year defined2013
Trampas Group is located in the United States
Trampas Group
Trampas Group (the United States)
Trampas Group is located in New Mexico
Trampas Group
Trampas Group (New Mexico)

The Trampas Group is a group of geologic formations that crops out in the Picuris Mountains of northern New Mexico. Detrital zircon geochronology yields a maximum age of 1475 million years, corresponding to the Calymmian period.