Queen Formation

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Queen Formation
Stratigraphic range: Guadalupian
Type Formation
Unit of Artesia Group
Underlies Seven Rivers Formation
Overlies San Andres Formation
Thickness500 feet (150 m)
Lithology
Primary Sandstone
Other dolomite, anhydrite
Location
Coordinates 32°11′28″N104°45′18″W / 32.191°N 104.755°W / 32.191; -104.755
Region New Mexico
Country United States
Type section
Named forQueen Post Office
Named byBlanchard and Davis
Year defined1929
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Queen Formation (the United States)
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Queen Formation (New Mexico)

The Queen Formation is a geologic formation in southeastern New Mexico and west Texas. It preserves fossils dating back to the late Guadalupian Epoch of the Permian period. [1] [2]

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Description

The formation consists of up to 500 feet (150 m) [3] of mostly sandstone, with some interbedded dolomite and anhydrite. It rests on the San Andres Formation, from which it is separated by an erosional surface showing karst features. [4] The Queen Formation is overlain by the Seven Rivers Formation. The Queen Formation is part of the Artesia Group, which is interpreted as a sequence of shelf rocks of the Capitan reef. [1] [5]

History of investigation

The unit was first named as the Queen sandstone of the upper San Andres Formation by Grant Blanchard and Morgan Davis in 1929. [3] In 1937, W.B. Lang assigned the Seven Rivers Member to the (now abandoned) Chalk Bluff Formation. [6] The unit was promoted to formation rank and assigned to the Whitehorse Group by Ronald DeFord and Russell Lloyd in 1940. [7] The formation was assigned to the Artesia Group by D.B. Tait and coinvestigators in 1962. [1]

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