Puye Formation
| Puye Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Miocene to Pliocene, | |
Puye Formation at its type area, the Puye escarpment, near San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico | |
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Santa Fe Group |
| Sub-units | Totavi Lentil |
| Underlies | Tewa Group |
| Overlies | Chamita Formation |
| Area | 518 km2 |
| Thickness | 221 metres (725 feet) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Volcaniclastic |
| Other | Ignimbrite |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 35°53′29″N 106°10′23″W / 35.8914°N 106.1730°W |
| Region | New Mexico |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Puye escarpment |
| Named by | H.T.U. Smith |
| Year defined | 1938 |
The Puye Formation is a geologic formation exposed east of the Jemez Mountains of northern New Mexico. Radiometric dating constrains its age to between 5 and 2 million years, corresponding to the Pliocene epoch.