Usage:
Torrecilla Breccia (PR*)
Subunits:
Aguas Buenas Limestone Member, Barros Tuff Member (PR*)
Geologic age:
Early Cretaceous*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: exposures along Highway Route 156, 2.1 km west of the west peak of La Torrecilla (Puerto Rico Meter Grid System 160,950 E.; 40,180 N. to 160,990 E.; 41,140 N.), and exposures in Rio Botijas, 100 m east, Barranquitas quadrangle, Puerto Rico (Briggs, 1969).
AAPG geologic province:
Caribbean region*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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