Usage:
Miranda Sand Member of Cibao Formation (PR*)
Geologic age:
Tertiary (late Oligocene to early Miocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: on Route 645, 900 m north of southern edge of Manati quadrangle and 860 m west of eastern edge, north-central Puerto Rico. Named from Comunidad Rural Miranda which is shown on map as Parcelas Mirante (Monroe, 1962).
AAPG geologic province:
Caribbean region*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).