Usage:
Mameyes Formation (PR*)
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: along jeep trail heading west from Cerro Palo de Cafe (Puerto Rico Meter Grid System 135,620 E.; 46,800 N. to 135,808 E.; 46,920 N.), Barrio Mameyes Arriba, Florida quadrangle, north-central Puerto Rico. Named from exposures in Barrio Mameyes Arriba (Nelson and Monroe, 1966).
AAPG geologic province:
Caribbean region*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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