Broken Jug Formation

Broken Jug Formation
Broken Jug Formation
Stratigraphic range: late Jurassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Formation
Unit of	Bisbee Group
Underlies	Hell-to-Finish Formation
Overlies	Paleozoic limestones
Thickness	1,200 meters (3,900 ft)
Lithology
Primary	Diverse marine, deltaic, and volcanic lithologies
Location
Coordinates	31°49′52″N108°27′07″W / 31.831°N 108.452°W
Region	New Mexico
Country	United States
Type section
Named for	Broken Jug Pass
Named by	S.G. Lasky
Year defined	1938
	Broken Jug Formation (the United States) Broken Jug Formation (New Mexico)

Last updated November 04, 2023

The Broken Jug Formation is a geologic formation in southwestern New Mexico. It was likely deposited in the late Jurassic period.^[1]

Description

The formation consists of a variety of marine, deltaic, and volcanic rocks. It is divided into five informal members. The lowest of these is the dolomite member, which consists of about 200 meters (660 ft) of thinly bedded dolomite and dolomitic sandstone. This rests disconformably on Paleozoic limestone, either the Escabrosa Limestone or the Horquilla Limestone. Above the dolomite member is the lower conglomerate member, which is about 200 meters (660 ft) of calcareous conglomerate, mudstone, and sandstone interpreted as turbidite formations. The third member is the fine-grained member, consisting of 367 meters (1,204 ft) varied sandstone, siltstone, and mudstone. Above this is the upper conglomerate member, which is 200 meters (660 ft) of thickly bedded clast-supported conglomerate. A number of diabase dikes and sills intrude the lower part of this member. Finally, the formation is capped with the basalt member, which is 234 meters (768 ft) of vesicular basalt in at least 11 separate flows.^[2]

The formation is thought to have been deposited in a subsiding marine basin (Bisbee basin ^[3]), which was subsequently filled in by delta deposits and capped by subaerial silica-poor (mafic) lava flows. The formation is late Jurassic in age,^[4] based on fossils in the upper conglomerate member,^[5] the position of the formation in the stratigraphic column, and its similarity to nearby formations whose age is better constrained.^[4]

Fossils

The lower conglomerate member contains abundant limestone fragments (clasts) that are fossiliferous and suggest the clasts came from Carboniferous to Permian beds. A fossil of Omphalotrochus in one such clast is characteristic of the early Permian. The fine-grained member is sparsely fossiliferous, containing shell fragments and forams that have been recrystallized to coarse-grained calcite.^[6] Age-diagnostic fossils are present near the base of the upper conglomerate member, including the bivalve mollusc Gryphaea mexicana, gastropods (Nerineidae) and the coral Thamnasteria .^[5]

History of investigation

The formation was first defined by S.G. Lasky in 1938 for exposures at Broken Jug Pass in the Little Hatchet Mountains of New Mexico.^[7] R.A. Zeller, Jr., assigned these beds to the Hell-to-Finish Formation or Mojado Formation in 1970,^[8] but the formation was redefined by T.F. Lawton in 1998^[9] and continues in use.^[5]^[10]

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References

↑ Lawton, T.F. (1998). "Broken Jug Formation -- redefinition of lower part of Bisbee Group, Little Hatchet Mountains, Hidalgo County, New Mexico" (PDF). New Mexico Geology. 20 (3): 69–77. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
↑ Lawton 1998, pp. 71–73.
↑ Lucas, Spencer G.; Zeigler, Kate E.; Lawton, Timothy F.; Filkorn, Harry F. (February 2001). "Late Jurassic invertebrate fossils from the Little Hatchet Mountains, southwestern New Mexico" (PDF). New Mexico Geology. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
1 2 Lawton 1998, pp. 76–77.
1 2 3 Lucas et al. 2001.
↑ Lawton 1998, pp. 71–73, 77.
↑ Lasky, S.G. (1938). "Newly Discovered Section of Trinity Age in Southwestern New Mexico". AAPG Bulletin. 22 (5): 524–540. doi:10.1306/3D932F80-16B1-11D7-8645000102C1865D.
↑ Zeller, R.A. Jr. (1970). "Geology of the Little Hatchet Mountains, Hidalgo and Grant Counties, New Mexico". New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources Bulletin. 96. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
↑ Lawton 1998.
↑ Lawton, Timothy F. (2004). "Upper Jurassic and lower Cretaceous strata of southwestern New Mexico and northern Chihuahua, Mexico". In Mack, G.H.; Giles, K.A. (eds.). The geology of New Mexico. A geologic history: New Mexico Geological Society Special Volume 11. pp. 153–168. ISBN 9781585460106.

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[1] Lawton, T.F. (1998). "Broken Jug Formation -- redefinition of lower part of Bisbee Group, Little Hatchet Mountains, Hidalgo County, New Mexico" (PDF). New Mexico Geology. 20 (3): 69–77. Retrieved 14 September 2021.

[FOOTNOTELawton199871–73-2] Lawton 1998, pp. 71–73.

[3] Lucas, Spencer G.; Zeigler, Kate E.; Lawton, Timothy F.; Filkorn, Harry F. (February 2001). "Late Jurassic invertebrate fossils from the Little Hatchet Mountains, southwestern New Mexico" (PDF). New Mexico Geology. Retrieved 14 September 2021.

[FOOTNOTELawton199876–77-4] 1 2 Lawton 1998, pp. 76–77.

[FOOTNOTELucasZeiglerLawtonFilkorn2001-5] 1 2 3 Lucas et al. 2001.

[FOOTNOTELawton199871–73,_77-6] Lawton 1998, pp. 71–73, 77.

[7] Lasky, S.G. (1938). "Newly Discovered Section of Trinity Age in Southwestern New Mexico". AAPG Bulletin. 22 (5): 524–540. doi:10.1306/3D932F80-16B1-11D7-8645000102C1865D.

[8] Zeller, R.A. Jr. (1970). "Geology of the Little Hatchet Mountains, Hidalgo and Grant Counties, New Mexico". New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources Bulletin. 96. Retrieved 14 September 2021.

[FOOTNOTELawton1998-9] Lawton 1998.

[10] Lawton, Timothy F. (2004). "Upper Jurassic and lower Cretaceous strata of southwestern New Mexico and northern Chihuahua, Mexico". In Mack, G.H.; Giles, K.A. (eds.). The geology of New Mexico. A geologic history: New Mexico Geological Society Special Volume 11. pp. 153–168. ISBN 9781585460106.

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