Trampas Group | |
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Stratigraphic range: | |
Type | Group |
Sub-units | Piedra Lumbre Formation Pilar Formation |
Underlies | Marquenas Formation |
Overlies | Ortega Formation |
Thickness | 1,000 m (3,300 ft) |
Lithology | |
Primary | Schist, phyllite |
Other | Quartzite |
Location | |
Coordinates | 36°12′07″N 105°52′19″W / 36.202°N 105.872°W |
Region | Picuris Mountains, New Mexico |
Country | United States |
Type section | |
Named for | Trampas, New Mexico |
Named by | Daniel, Pfeiffer, Jones, and McFarlane |
Year defined | 2013 |
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.