Usage:
Cerro Gordo Lava (PR*)
Geologic age:
Early(?) Cretaceous*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: roadcuts along Highway 830 (Puerto Rico Meter Grid System 179,330 E.; 57,520 N. to 179,510 E.; 57,020 N.), Naranjito quadrangle, Puerto Rico. Named from Barrio Cerro Gordo (Lidiak, 1965).
AAPG geologic province:
Caribbean region*
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