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Cerro Conejo Formation
Stratigraphic range: Miocene, 14.6–9.5 Ma
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Cerro Conejo Formation in road cut along U.S. 550, New Mexico, USA
TypeFormation
Unit ofSanta Fe Group
UnderliesArroyo Ojito Formation
OverliesZia Formation
Thickness316 meters (1,037 ft)
Lithology
PrimaryArkose
OtherMudstone
Location
Coordinates35°24′32″N 106°50′02″W / 35.4089°N 106.8338°W / 35.4089; -106.8338
RegionNew Mexico
CountryUnited States
Type section
Named forCerro Conejo
Named byConnell, Koning, and Cather
Year defined1999
Cerro Conejo Formation is located in the United States
Cerro Conejo Formation
Cerro Conejo Formation (the United States)
Cerro Conejo Formation is located in New Mexico
Cerro Conejo Formation
Cerro Conejo Formation (New Mexico)

The Cerro Conejo Formation is a middle to late Miocene geologic formation exposed near Albuquerque, New Mexico.[1][2]

Gravel beds within the formation in the Rio Puerco valley west of Albuquerque have provided clues to the paleogeography of the Grants area since the early Miocene.

  1. ^ Connell, Koning & Cather 1999.
  2. ^ Connell 2008.

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