Rio Indio limestone member of the Cibao formation, here named. It is split into a lower tongue, 40 m thick, and an upper tongue, 20 m thick, by the Almirante Sur sand member of the Cibao. Consists of compact, chalky yellow fragmental limestone. Overlies the Lares limestone; underlies the Quebrada Arenas limestone member of the Cibao.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
Age of the Cibao Formation is late Oligocene and early Miocene.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
The Rio Indio Limestone Member of the Cibao Formation occurs on the north coast of Puerto Rico and consists of limestone lenses of marly clay or beds of chalky limestone. Unit laterally grades into the Mucarabones Sand.
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