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Rinconada Formation
Stratigraphic range: Statherian
Pha.
Proterozoic
Archean
Had.
Rinconada Formation garnet-staurolite-muscovite schist beds near Pilar, New Mexico.
TypeFormation
Unit ofHondo Group
UnderliesPilar Formation
OverliesOrtega Formation
Thickness600 m (2,000 ft)
Lithology
PrimarySchist
OtherQuartzite
Location
Coordinates36°12′52″N 105°48′11″W / 36.2144591°N 105.8030674°W / 36.2144591; -105.8030674
RegionPicuris Mountains, New Mexico
CountryUnited States
Type section
Named forVillage of Rinconada (36°25′43″N 106°07′02″W / 36.4287°N 106.1173°W / 36.4287; -106.1173)
Named byJust
Year defined1937
Rinconada Formation is located in the United States
Rinconada Formation
Rinconada Formation (the United States)
Rinconada Formation is located in New Mexico
Rinconada Formation
Rinconada Formation (New Mexico)

The Rinconada Formation is a geologic formation that crops out in the Picuris Mountains of northern New Mexico. Detrital zircon geochronology establishes a maximum age for the Rinconada Formation of about 1723 Mya, placing it in the Statherian period of the Precambrian.

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