Geolex — Lirio publications

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Geologic Unit: Lirio

Usage in publication:
- Lirio limestone*
Modifications:
- Named
Dominant lithology:
- Limestone

Publication:

Kaye, C.A., 1959, Geology of Isla Mona, Puerto Rico, and notes on age of Mona Passage, IN Coastal geology of Puerto Rico: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 317-C, p. C141-C178. [Available online from the USGS PubsWarehouse: http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/pp/pp317C]

Summary:

The Lirio Limestone, here named, consists of dense, finely crystalline white limestone, nearly indistinguishable from the unconformably underlying Isla Mona Limestone. Is more cavernous and caps seacliffs. Age is either Pliocene or Pleistocene based on meager fossil evidence.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).

Usage in publication:
- Lirio Limestone*
Modifications:
- Age modified

Publication:

Briggs, R.P., and Seiders, V.M., 1972, Geologic map of the Isla De Mona quadrangle, Puerto Rico: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map, I-718, 1 sheet, scale 1:20,000

Summary:

Age of the Lirio Limestone is middle to late Miocene.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).

For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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