Usage:
Maravillas Formation (PR*)
Subunits:
Coamo quadrangle: Sabana Hoyos Limestone Member, San Diego Member, Santa Ana Limestone Member (PR*). Orocovis quadrangle: Sabana Hoyos Limestone Member, San Diego Member, Toyosa Member (PR*).
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous (Santonian to Maastrichtian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: on Route 143 east of Cerro Maravillas (Puerto Rico Meter Grid System 139,450 E.; 35,360 N. to 140,530 E.; 35,180 N.). Named from Cerro Maravillas on the Cordillera Central, [Jayuya quadrangle], west-central Puerto Rico (Mattson, 1967).
AAPG geologic province:
Caribbean region*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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