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Geologic Unit: Collores

Usage:

Collores Member of Augustinillo Formation (PR)


Geologic age:

Tertiary
Eocene, middle


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Camino Collores bed of the Rio Guayo near bend, northwest part of Ponce quadrangle, Puerto Rico. Named from Poblado Collores, 1.4 km southwest of Cerro Augustinillo (Pessagno, 1960).


AAPG geologic province:

Caribbean region


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

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