Camp Rice Formation
| Camp Rice Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Santa Fe Group |
| Overlies | Fort Hancock Formation |
| Thickness | 88.3 ft (26.9 m) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Other | Caliche |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 31°19′N 105°41′W / 31.32°N 105.69°W |
| Region | Texas, New Mexico |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Camp Rice Arroyo |
| Named by | W.S. Strain |
| Year defined | 1966 |
The Camp Rice Formation is a geologic formation in west Texas and southern New Mexico. It preserves fossils of the Pliocene-Pleistocene. These include the distinctive Tonuco Mountain Local Fauna.