Usage:
Pitahaya Formation (PR*)
Geologic age:
Early Cretaceous*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area: exposures along Route 926 west from Pitahaya and north along Route 937 (extended) along side of Cerro Collores towards town of Melillas (Puerto Rico Meter Grid System 216,300 E.; 38,900 N. to 215,900 E.; 40,700 N.), around town of Pitahaya, Municipio de Humacao, Humacao quadrangle, east-central Puerto Rico (M'Gonigle, 1977).
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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