Abajo Formation
The Abajo Formation is a geologic formation in the Los Pinos Mountains of central New Mexico. It was deposited about 1660 million years (Ma) ago, corresponding to the Statherian period.
| Abajo Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
Abajo Formation in a road cut west of Abo Pass, New Mexico, US | |
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Manzano Group |
| Underlies | White Ridge Quartzite |
| Overlies | Sevilleta Metarhyolite |
| Thickness | 4,500 ft (1,400 m) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Schist |
| Other | Lithic arenite |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 34.575°N 106.492°W |
| Region | Los Pinos Mountains, New Mexico |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named by | S.H. Baer |
| Year defined | 2004 |
Abajo Formation (the United States) Abajo Formation (New Mexico) | |
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