Usage:
Cancel Breccia (PR*)
Geologic age:
Late(?) Cretaceous*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: outcrops in Rio Bayamon and adjacent roadcuts and quarries extending from quarry on west side of river in Barrio Guaraguao (Puerto Rico Meter Grid System 183,475 E.; 56,600 N.), south to outcrops in river (183,590 E.; 55,540 N.). Named from Quebrada Cancel, Naranjito quadrangle, north-central Puerto Rico (Pease, 1968).
AAPG geologic province:
Caribbean region*
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