Vadito Group
| Vadito Group | |
|---|---|
| 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°11′35″N 105°47′49″W / 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 |
Map of Vadito Group outcroppings | |
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.