Vadito Group
The Vadito Group is a group of geologic formations that crops out in most of the Precambrian-cored uplifts of northern New Mexico. Detrital zircon geochronology and radiometric dating give a consistent age of 1700 Mya for the group, corresponding to the Statherian period.
Vadito Group | |
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Stratigraphic range: | |
Vadito Group schists in the Picuris Mountains | |
Type | Group |
Sub-units | Big Rock Formation Burned Mountain Formation Glenwoody Formation |
Underlies | Hondo Group |
Overlies | Moppin Complex |
Lithology | |
Primary | Metasedimentary rock |
Other | Metavolcanic rock |
Location | |
Coordinates | 36.193°N 105.797°W |
Region | Picuris and Tusas Mountains, New Mexico |
Country | United States |
Type section | |
Named for | Vadito, New Mexico |
Named by | A. Montgomery |
Year defined | 1953 |
Vadito Group (New Mexico) Map of Vadito Group outcroppings |
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