GEOLOGIC AND TOPOGRAPHIC MAP 
OF THE 
SANTA FE ROUTE 
From Kansas City, Missouri, to Los Angeles, California 
Base compiled from kino States ate Survey Atlas Sheets, 
from pplied by the Atcheson, 
Topeka and Santa Fe ee and Sea additional information 
collected with the assistance of this company 
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
GEORGE OTIS SMITH, DIRECTOR 
David White, Chief Geologist R. B. Marshall, Chief Geographer 
1915 
Topographic 
Each quadrangle shown on the map with a name in parenthesis in t. 
lower left corner is lca in detail on the U. S. G. S. 
Sheet of that nam 
EXPLANATION Thickness 
in feet 
A. Dikes (basalt, ete. Quaternary ? 
eal Quat 
Salt, etc.) and Ter: oe y 
pee Tertiary 
1600+ % ; 
1600 Eocene) 
B. Lava flows (ba: 
Raton formation 
C Sandstones and shales; coal 
D Sandstone, shale, and coal Vermejo formation 0-175 
E Sandstone Trinidad -~--""">--" 100 
F Shale, dark, of marine origin Pierre 2250 
G_ Limy shale of marine origin Apishapa 500 ras 
retaceous 
H_ Limestone of marine origin Timpas 0226. 24280 0%8 50> (Upper 
: j r __| Cretaceous 
| Shale with concretions. of Carlile 250 | 
marine origin 
J Limestone, slabby, of marine Greenhorn—-“ ~~~-— 60 
origin 
K Shale, dark, of marine origin Graneros 150, 
i % % {Cre Taceous 
L. Sandstone — and Purga- 0 4 ry pper 
egy and Lower) 
150 Jurassic or 
a Cretaceous 
M Shales, mostly pale green Morrison formation 
“Red Beds” 1000+ _Lriassic ? 
ec beds Carboniferous 
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