[1] The formation underlies Bartlett Peak (31°55′04″N 104°52′54″W / 31.9177°N 104.8817°W / 31.9177; -104.8817) and nearby areas in Guadalupe Mountains National Park.

[1] The Goat Seep Formation consists of up to 1,200 feet (370 m) of massive to thickly bedded light grey to white dolomite.

[4] The reef was built mostly by red (Solenopora) and green (Dasycladaceae) algae and cyanobacteria (Girvanella) with calcareous sponges, bryozoa, and hydrocorals also playing a role.

Other tentative identifications are of the sponge Guadalupia zitteliana, several genera of brachiopods, some poorly preserved gastropods, and a species of trilobite, Anisopyge perannulata.

Crandall and assigned to the Chupadera Formation, a unit recognized in central New Mexico but since abandoned.