Burned Mountain Formation
| Burned Mountain Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
Burned Mountain Formation exposures near Placer Creek, New Mexico, United States | |
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Vadito Group |
| Underlies | Hondo Group |
| Overlies | Big Rock Formation |
| Thickness | 30 m (98 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Metarhyolite |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 36°40′47″N 106°13′32″W / 36.6798585°N 106.2255698°W |
| Region | Tusas Mountains, New Mexico |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Burned Mountain (36°40′41″N 106°13′16″W / 36.678°N 106.221°W) |
| Named by | F. Barker |
| Year defined | 1958 |
The Burned Mountain Formation is a geologic formation that crops out in the Tusas Mountains of northern New Mexico. It has a U-Pb radiometric age of 1700 Mya, corresponding to the Statherian period.