Moppin Complex
The Moppin Complex is a Precambrian geologic complex found in the Tusas Mountains of northern New Mexico. It has not been directly dated, but is thought to be Statherian based on a minimum age of 1.755 Gya from radiometric dating of magmatic intrusions.
| Moppin Complex | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
Moppin Complex at the Iron Mountain reference section | |
| Type | Complex |
| Underlies | Vadito Group |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Metavolcanic rock |
| Other | Metasedimentary rock |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 36.724°N 106.238°W |
| Region | Tusas Mountains, New Mexico |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Moppin Ranch |
| Named by | F. Barker |
| Year defined | 1958 |
Moppin Complex (the United States) Moppin Complex (New Mexico) | |
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