Formation Code Formation Meaning
000EXRV Extrusive Rocks
000IRSV Intrusive Rocks
050QUAL Quaternary Alluvium in Valleys
100QBAS Quaternary basalt
110ALVM Quaternary Alluvium
110AVMB Alluvium, Bolson Deposits and Other Surface Deposits
110BLSN Bolson Fill
110NTGU Naha and Tsegi Alluvium Deposits, undifferentiated
110PTODC Pediment, Terrace and Other Deposits of Gravel, Sand and Caliche
111MCCR McCathys Basalt Flow
112ANCH Upper Santa Fe Group, Ancha Formation (QTa)
112CURB Cuerbio Basalt
112LAMA Lama Formation (QTl, QTbh) and other mountain front alluvial fans
112LAMAb Lama Fm (QTl, QTbh) between Servilleta Basalts
112LGUN Laguna Basalt Flow
112QTBF Quaternary-Tertiary basin fill (not in valleys)
112QTBFlac Quaternary-Tertiary basin fill, lacustrian-playa lithofacies
112QTBFpd Quaternary-Tertiary basin fill, distal piedmont lithofacies
112QTBFppm Quaternary-Tertiary basin fill, proximal and medial piedmont lithofacies
112SNTF Santa Fe Group, undivided
112SNTFA Upper Santa Fe Group, axial facies
112SNTFOB Upper SantaFe Group, Loma Barbon member of Arroyo Ojito Formatin
112SNTFP Upper Santa Fe Group, piedmont facies
112TRTO Tuerto Gravels (QTt)
120DTIL Datil Formation
120ELRT El Rito Formation
120IRSV Tertiary Intrusives
120SBLC Sierra Blanca Volcanics, undivided
120SRVB Tertiary Servilletta Basalts (Tsb)
120SRVBf Tertiary Servilletta Basalts, fractured (Tsbf)
120TSBV_Lower Tertiary Sierra Blanca area lower volcanic unit (Hog Pen Fm)
120TSBV_Upper Tertiary Sierra Blanca area upper volcanic unit (above Hog Pen Fm)
121CHMT Chamita Formation (Tc)
121CHMTv Chamita Fm, Vallito member (Tcv)
121CHMTvs Chamita Fm, sandy Vallito member (Tcvs)
121OGLL Ogallala Formation
121PUYEF Puye Conglomerate, Fanglomerate Member
121TSUQ Tesuque Formation, undifferentiated unit
121TSUQa Tesuque Fm lithosome A (Tta)
121TSUQacu Tesuque Fm (upper), Cuarteles member lithosome A (Ttacu)
121TSUQacuf Tesuque Fm (upper), fine-grained Cuarteles member lithosome A (Ttacuf)
121TSUQaml Tesuque Fm lower-middle lithosome A (Ttaml)
121TSUQb Tesuque Fm lithosome B (Ttb)
121TSUQbfl Tesuque Fm lower lithosome B, basin-floor deposits (Ttbfl)
121TSUQbfm Tesuque Fm middle lithosome B, basin-floor deposits (Ttbfm)
121TSUQbp Tesuque Fm lithosome B, Pojoaque member (Ttbp)
121TSUQce Tesuque Fm, Cejita member (Ttce)
121TSUQe Tesuque Fm lithosome E (Tte)
121TSUQs Tesuque Fm lithosome S (Tts)
121TSUQsa Tesuque Fm lateral gradation lithosomes S and A (Ttsag)
121TSUQsc Tesuque Fm coarse-grained lithosome S (Ttsc)
121TSUQsf Tesuque Fm, fine-grained lithosome S (Ttsf)
122CHOC Chamita and Ojo Caliente interlayered (Ttoc)
122CRTO Chama El Rito Formation (Tesuque member, Ttc)
122OJOC Ojo Caliente Formation (Tesuque member, Tto)
122PICR Picuris Tuff
122PPTS Popotosa Formation
122SNTFP Lower Santa Fe Group, piedmont facies
123DTILSPRS Datil Group ignimbrites and lavas and Spears Group, interbedded
123DTMGandbas Datil and Mogollon Group andesite, basaltic andesite, and basalt flows
123DTMGign Datil and Mogollon Group ignimbrites
123DTMGrhydac Datil and Mogollon Group rhyolite and dacite flows
123ESPN T Espinaso Formation (Te)
123GLST T Galisteo Formation
123PICS T Picuris Formation (Tp)
123PICSc T Picuris Formation, basal conglomerate (Tpc)
123PICSl T lower Picuris Formation (Tpl)
123SPRSDTMGlava Spears Group and Datil-Mogollon intermediate-mafic lavas, interbedded
123SPRSlower Spears Group, lower part; tuffaceous, gravelly debris and mud flows
123SPRSmid_uppe Spears Group, middle-upper part; excludes Dog Spring Formation
124BACA Baca Formation
124CBMN Cub Mountain Formation
124LLVS Llaves Member of San Jose Formation
124PSCN Poison Canyon Formation
124RGIN Regina Member of San Jose Formation
124SNJS San Jose Formation
124TPCS TapicitosMember of San Jose Formation
125NCMN Nacimiento Formation
125NCMNS Nacimiento Formation, Sandy Shale Facies
125RTON Raton Formation
130CALDFLOOR Caldera Floor bedrock S. of San Agustin Plains. Mostly DTILSPRS & Paleo.
180TKSCC_Upper Tertiary-Cretaceous, Sanders Canyon, Cub Mtn. and upper Crevasse Canyon Fm
180TKTR Tertiary-Cretaceous-Triassic, Baca, Crevasse Cyn, Gallup, Mancos, Dakota, T
210CRCS Cretaceous System, undivided
210GLUPC_Lower K Gallup Sandstone and lower Crevasse Canyon Fm
210HOSTD K Hosta Dalton
210MCDK K Mancos/Dakota undivided
210MNCS Mancos Shale, undivided
210MNCSL K Lower Mancos
210MNCSU K Upper Mancos
211CLFHV Cliff House Sandstone, includes La Ventana Tongues in NW Sandoval Co.
211CRLL Carlile Shale
211CRVC Crevasse Canyon Formation of Mesaverde Group
211DKOT Dakota Sandstone or Formation
211DLCO Dilco Coal Member of Crevasse Canyon Formation of Mesaverde Group
211DLTN Dalton Sandstone Member of Crevasse Canyon Formation of Mesaverde Group
211FRHS Fort Hays Limestone Member of Niobrara Formation
211FRLD Fruitland Formation
211FRMG Farmington Sandstone Member of Kirtland Shale
211GBSNC Gibson Coal Member of Crevasse Canyon Formation of Mesaverde Group
211GLLG Gallego Sandstone Member of Gallup Sandstone
211GLLP Gallup Sandstone
211GRRG Greenhorn and Graneros Formations
211GRRS Graneros Shale
211HOST Hosta Tongue of Point Lookout Sandstone of Mesaverde Group
211KRLD Kirtland Shale
211LWIS Lewis Shale
211MENF Menefee Formation
211MENFU K Upper Menefee (above Harmon Sandstone)
211MVRD Mesaverde Group
211OJAM Ojo Alamo Sandstone
211PCCF Pictured Cliffs Sandstone
211PIRR Pierre Shale
211PNLK Point Lookout Sandstone
211SMKH Smoky Hill Marl Member
211TLLS Twowells Sandstone Lentil of Pike of Dakota Sandstone
212KTRP K Dakota Sandstone, Moenkopi Fm, Artesia Group
217PRGR Purgatoire Formation
220ENRD Entrada Sandstone
220JURC Jurassic undivided
220NAVJ Navajo Sandstone
221BLFF Bluff Sandstone of Morrison Formation
221CSPG Cow Springs Sandstone of Morrison Formation
221ERADU Entrada Sandstone of San Rafael Group, Upper
221MRSN Morrison Formation
221MRSN/BBSN Brushy Basin Member of Morrison
221MRSN/JCKP Jackpile Sandstone Member of Morrison
221MRSN/RCAP Recapture Shale Member of Morrison
221MRSN/WWCN Westwater Canyon Member of Morrison
221SLWS Salt Wash Sandstone Member of Morrison Formation
221SMVL Summerville Formation of San Rafael Group
221TDLT J Todilto
221WSRC Westwater Canyon Sandstone Member of Morrison Formation
221ZUNIS Zuni Sandstone
231AGZC Tr Agua Zarca
231AGZCU Tr Upper Agua Zarca
231CHNL Chinle Formation
231CORR Correo Sandstone Member of Chinle Formation
231DCKM Dockum Group
231PFDF Tr Petrified Forest
231PFDFL Tr Lower Petrified Forest (below middle sandstone)
231PFDFM Tr Middle Petrified Forest sandstone
231PFDFU Tr Upper Petrified Forest (above middle sandstone)
231RCKP Rock Point Member of Wingate Sandstone
231SNRS Santa Rosa Sandstone
231SNSL Sonsela Sandstone Bed of Petrified Forest Member of Chinle Formation
231SRMP Shinarump Member of Chinle Formation
231WNGT Wingate Sandstone
260SNAN P San Andres
260SNAN_lower Lower San Andres Formation
261SNGL P San Andres - Glorieta Sandstone in Rio Bonito member
300YESO P Yeso
300YESO_lower Lower Yeso Formation
300YESO_upper Upper Yeso Formation
310ABO P Abo
310DCLL De Chelly Sandstone Member of Cutler Formation
310GLOR Glorieta Sandstone Member of San Andres Formation (of Manzano Group)
310MBLC Meseta Blanca Sandstone Member of Yeso Formation
310TRRS Torres Member of Yeso Formation
310YESO Yeso Formation
310YESOG Yeso Formation, Manzono Group
312CSTL Castile Formation
312RSLR Rustler Formation
313ARTS Artesia Group
313BLCN Bell Canyon Formation
313BRUC Brushy Canyon Formation of Delaware Mountain Group
313CKBF Chalk Bluff Formation
313CLBD Carlsbad Limestone
313CPTN Capitan Limestone
313GDLP Guadalupian Series
313GOSP Goat Seep Dolomite
313SADG San Andres Limestone and Glorieta Sandstone
313SADR San Andres Limestone, undivided
313TNSL Tansill Formation
313YATS Yates Formation, Guadalupe Group
315LABR P Laborcita (Bursum)
315YESOABO Alamosa Creek and San Agustin Plains area - Yeso and Abo Formations
318ABO P Abo
318BSPG Bone Spring Limestone
318JOYT Joyita Sandstone Member of Yeso Formation
318YESO Yeso Formation
319BRSM Bursum Formation and Equivalent Rocks
320HLDR Penn Holder
320PENN Pennsylvanian undivided
320SNDI Sandia Formation
321SGDC Sangre de Cristo Formation
322BEMN Penn Beeman
325GBLR Penn Gobbler
325MDER Madera Limestone, undivided
325MDERL Penn Lower Madera
325MDERU Penn Upper Madera
325SAND Penn Sandia
326MGDL Magdalena Group
340EPRS Espiritu Santo Formation
350PZBA Alamosa Creek and San Agustin Plains area - Paleozoic strata beneath Abo Fm
350PZBB Tul Basin area - Paleozoic strata below Bursum Fm
400EMBD Embudo Granite (undifferentiated PreCambrian near Santa Fe)
400PCMB Precambrian Erathem
400PREC undifferentiated PreCambrian crystalline rocks (X)
400PRECintr PreCambrian crystalline rocks and local Tertiary intrusives
400PRST Priest Granite
400TUSS Tusas Granite
410PRCG PreCambrian granite (Xg)
410PRCGf PreCambrian granite, fractured (Xgf)
410PRCQ PreCambrian quartzite (Xq)
410PRCQf PreCambrian quartzite, fractured (Xqf)
121GILA Gila Conglomerate (group)
312DYLK Dewey Lake Redbeds
120WMVL Wimsattville Formation
313GRBG Grayburg Formation of Artesia Group
318ABOL Abo Sandstone (Lower Tongue)
318ABOU Abo Sandstone (Upper Tongue)
112SNTFU Santa Fe Group, Upper Part
310FRNR Forty-Niner Member of Rustler Formation
312OCHO Ochoan Series
313AZOT Azotea Tongue of Seven Rivers Formation
313QUEN Queen Formation
319HUCO Hueco Limestone
313SVRV Seven Rivers Formation
313CABD Carlsbad Group
320GRMS Gray Mesa Member of Madera Formation
211CLRDH Colorado Shale
120BRLM Bearwallow Mountain Andesite
122RUBO Rubio Peak Formation
313SADRL San Andres Limestone, Lower Cherty Member
313SADRU San Andres Limestone, Upper Clastic Member
313BRNL Bernal Formation of Artesia Group
318CPDR Chupadera Formation
121BDHC Bidahochi Formation
313SADY San Andres Limestone and Yeso Formation, undivided
221SRFLL San Rafael Group, Lower Part
221BLUF Bluff Sandstone of Morrison Formation
221COSP Cow Springs Sandstone of Morrison Formation
317ABYS Abo and Yeso, undifferentiated
221BRSB Brushy Basin Shale Member of Morrison Formation
310SYDR San Ysidro Member of Yeso Formation
400SDVL Sandoval Granite
221SRFL San Rafael Group
310SGRC Sangre de Cristo Formation
231TCVS Tecovas Formation of Dockum Group
211DCRS D-Cross Tongue of Mancos Shale of Mesaverde Group
211ALSN Allison Member of Menefee Formation of Mesaverde Group
211LVNN La Ventana Tongue of Cliff House Sandstone
211MORD Madrid Formation
210PRMD Pyramid Shale
124ANMS Animas Formation
211NBRR Niobrara Formation
111ALVM Holocene Alluvium
122SNTFL Santa Fe Group, Lower Part
111CPLN Capulin Basalts
120CRSN Carson Conflomerate
111CRMS Covered/Reclaimed Mine Spoil
111CRMSA Covered/Reclaimed Mine Spoil and Ash
111SPOL Spoil
110TURT Tuerto Gravel of Santa Fe Group
221RCPR Recapture Shale Member of Morrison Formation
320BLNG Bullington Member of Magdalena Formation
112ANCHsr Upper Santa Fe Group, Ancha Formation & ancestral Santa Fe river deposits
121TSUQae Tesuque Fm Lithosomes A and E
230TRSC Triassic undifferentiated
122TSUQdx Tesuque Fm, Dixon member (Ttd)
123PICSu T upper Picuris Formation (Tpu)
123PICSm T middle Picuris Formation (Tpm)
123PICSmc T middle conglomerate Picuris Formation (Tpmc)
120VBVC Tertiary volcanic breccia/volcaniclastic conglomerate
120VCSS Tertiary volcaniclastic sandstone
124DMDT Diamond Tail Formation
325ALMT Penn Alamitos Formation
400SAND Sandia Granite
318VCPK Victorio Peak Limestone
318BSVP Bone Spring and Victorio Peak Limestones
100ALVM Alluvium
310PRMN Permian System
110AVPS Alluvium and Permian System
313CRCX Capitan Reef Complex and Associated Limestones
112SLBL Salt Bolson
112SBCRC Salt Bolson and Capitan Reef Complex
313CRDM Capitan Reef Complex - Delaware Mountain Group
112SBDM Salt Bolson and Delaware Mountain Group
120BLSN Bolson Deposits
112SBCR Salt Bolson and Cretaceous Rocks
112HCBL Hueco Bolson
120IVIG Intrusive Rocks
112RLBL Red Light Draw Bolson
112EFBL Eagle Flat Bolson
112GRBL Green River Bolson
123SAND Sanders Canyon Formation
210MRNH Moreno Hill Formation
320ALMT Alamito Shale
313DLRM Delaware Mountain Group
300PLZC Paleozoic Erathem
122SPRS Spears Member of Datil Formation
110AVTV Alluvium and Tertiary Volcanics
313DMBS Delaware Mountain Group - Bone Spring Limestone
120ERSV Tertiary extrusives