The Rinconada Formation is a geologic formation that crops out in the Picuris Mountains of northern New Mexico. Detrital zircon geochronology establishes a maximum age for the Rinconada Formation of about 1723 Mya, placing it in the Statherian period of the Precambrian.
Rinconada Formation garnet-staurolite-muscovite schist beds near Pilar, New Mexico.
Crystals of staurolite weathered out of the Rinconada Formation, near Pilar, New Mexico.
Twinned staurolite from Rinconada Formation
The Hondo Group is a group of geologic formations that crops out in most of the Precambrian-cored uplifts of northern New Mexico. Detrital zircon geochronology gives a maximum age for the lower Hondo Group of 1765 to 1704 million years (Mya), corresponding to the Statherian period.
Hondo Group (Ortega Formation) in the Tusas Mountains, New Mexico