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af | Artificial fill
| Holocene |
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Kabcj | Formations A, B, C, and J
| lower ?-upper ? Cretaceous | Non-pillowed
lava flows, volcanic breccia, sandstone, conglomerate, and minor limestone,
siltstone, and tuff. Estimated thickness exceeds 5,000 m. Exposed in the Cayey,
Patillas, Caguas, Comerio, and Yabucoa quadrangles
| Berryhill and Glover, 1960; Pease and Briggs, 1960
Kac | Achiote Conglomerate
| Maestrichtian-Santonian | Boulder and
cobble conglomerate basalt and andesite clasts similar to the Jayuya, Vista Alegre,
and Cotorra Formations. Lithologically similar sandstone and mudstone are
interbedded. Maximum estimated thickness, l,800 m. Exposed in the Jayuya, Ponce,
and Orocovis quadrangles
| Mattson, 1967, 1968b; Krushensky and Monroe, 1975; Briggs, 1971; Glover, 1973
Kal | Alonso Formation
| upper ? Cretaceous | Welded and non-
welded ash-flow tuff. Minor coarse tuff, laharic breccia, volcanic sandstone, and
thin andesitic lava flows interbedded locally with the ash-flow tuff sequence.
Maximum estimated thickness, 2,000 m. Exposed in the Florida, Bayaney, and Utuado
quadrangles
| Nelson and Monroe, 1966; Nelson, 1967b; Nelson and Tobisch, 1968
Kap | Avispa and Perchas Formations undivided
| Cretaceous |
|
Kav | Avispa Formation
| upper ? Cretaceous | Pillowed lava
flows and interbedded tuffaceous sandstone, some volcanic breccia/conglomerate, and
a local calcarenite. Maximum estimated thickness l,800 m. Exposed in the Ciales,
Corozal, Orocovis, Jayuya, and Florida quadrangles
| Berryhill, 1965; Nelson, 1966, 1967a; Briggs, 1971; Nelson and Monroe, 1966;
Mattson, 1968b
Kba | Barrazas Formation
| upper Cenomanian | Volcanic
sandstone and volcaniclastic breccia and mudstone. Maximum estimated thickness,
l,l00 m. Exposed in the Gurabo quadrangle
| Seiders, 1971a, 1971c
Kbo | Boqueron Basalt
| upper Cretaceous ? | Dark grayish-
brown, locally amygdaloidal, nonpillowed, porphyritic basalt flows. Maximum
estimated thickness, l50 m. Exposed in the Puerto Real quadrangle
| Volckmann, 1984c, 1984d
Kca | Cariblanco Formation
| lowest Campanian-upper Santonian | Volcaniclastic
conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone, lava and limestone; composed dominantly of
hornblende dacite welded ash-flow tuff, amygdaloidal plagioclase-pyroxene biotite
andesite, and subordinate sandstone, siltstone, and limestone clasts. One pillowed
basaltic lava flow. Maximum estimated thickness, l,000 m. Exposed in the Rio
Descalabrado, Orocovis, Coamo, Barranquitas, and Cayey quadrangles
| Berryhill and others, 1960; Glover, 1961, 1973; Briggs, 1971; Briggs and
Gelabert, 1962; Briggs and Glover, 1960
Kcag | Granodiorite of Caguas Pluton
| post middle Albian | Granodiorite,
foliate near contacts, autoclastic intrusion breccia present near margins;
hornblende-rich autoliths(?) or xenoliths(?) are locally common. Exposed in the
Caguas, Aguas Buenas, Juncos, and Gurabo quadrangles
| Rogers, 1979; Pease, 1968b; Broedel, 1961; Seiders, 1971a
Kcam | Camarones Sandstone
| upper ? Cretaceous | Locally
carbonaceous volcaniclastic siltstone interbedded with tuffaceous sandstone, and
minor volcanic conglomerate, local lava flows. Maximum known thickness, 950 m.
Exposed in the Aguas Buenas and Naranjito quadrangles
| Pease, 1968a, 1968b, 1968c
Kcan | Cancel Breccia
| upper ? Cretaceous | Andesitic tuff
breccia, volcanic breccia, and lava. Maximum exposed thickness 2,000 m. Exposed
in the Naranjito and Corozal quadrangles
| Pease, 1968a, 1968c, 1967
Kcar | Carraizo Breccia
| lower Turonian-middle Cenomanian | Pumiceous
volcanic breccia and subordinate volcanic sandstone and tuffaceous siltstone and
tuff. Minimum estimated thickness, l,400 m. Exposed in the northeastern Aguas
Buenas quadrangle. Maximum estimated thickness, 90 m. Exposed in the Aguas Buenas
quadrangle
| Pease, 1968a, 1968b
Kcb | Cambalache Formation
| Turonian | Pumiceous
volcanic breccia, sandstone, mudstone, and, locally, welded ash-flow tuff.
Maximum known thickness, 600 m., typically, 350-450 m thick. Exposed in the Gurabo
and El Yunque quadrangles
| Seiders, 1971a, 1971b, 1971c
Kce | Celada Formation
| post Turonian ? Cretaceous | Pillowed
basaltic lava flows and hyaloclastite breccia, volcanic breccia, and pumiceous
volcanic sandstone and mudstone. Flows are identical with the Infierno Formation.
Maximum estimated thickness, 600 m. Exposed in the Gurabo quadrangle
| Seiders, 1971,a, 1971c
Kcg | Cerro Gordo Lava
| lower ? Cretaceous | Basaltic
andesite lava, flow-breccia, and minor tuff and tuff-breccia. Maximum estimated
thickness, l,l00 m. Exposed in the Naranjito quadrangle
| Pease, 1968a, 1968c
Kcn | Canovanas Formation
| lower Santonian-upper Turonian | Basaltic,
volcanic sandstone, mudstone. Maximum estimated thickness, 200 m. Exposed in the
Gurabo and El Yunque quadrangles
| Seiders, 1971a, 1971b, 1971c
Kco | Concepcion Formation
| Maestrichtian-Campanian | Massive,
pillowed basaltic lava flows and volcanic breccia interbedded with tuff. Formation
rarely includes thin foraminiferal limestone lenses. Thickness unknown. Exposed
in the Maricao and San Sebastian quadrangles
| McIntyre and others, 1970; McIntyre, 1974; Tobisch and Turner, 1971
Kcoa | Coamo Formation
| lower Maestrichtian-upper Santonian | Tuff, and
volcanic breccia. Locally includes andesitic lava flows, and lenses of
calcarenite. Maximum estimated thickness, 300 m. Exposed in the Coamo, Rio
Descalabrado, Orocovis, Ponce, and Jayuya quadrangles
| Glover, 1961; Mattson, 1967, 1968b; Glover and Mattson, 1973; Berryhill and
others, 1960; Briggs, 1971; Krushensky and Monroe, 1975
Kcot | Cotui Limestone
| lower Maestrichtian-upperMOST lower Campanian | Massive
limestone, local basal conglomerate with clasts of lava of underlying Lajas
Formation. Maximum thickness, 75 m. Exposed in the Puerto Real and San German
quadrangles
| Mattson, 1960; Volckmann, 1984b, 1984c, 1984d
Kctt | Cotorra Tuff
| upper ? Cretaceous | Basaltic
hyaloclastite-breccia. At base and top, consists of pillowed very basalt flows.
Maximum estimated thickness, 500 m. Exposed in the Orocovis, Barranquitas, Ponce,
and Jayuya quadrangles
| Briggs, 1967, 1971; Briggs and Gelabert, 1962; Krushensky and Monroe, 1975;
Mattson, 1968b
Kd | Daguao Formation
| lower Cretaceous ? | Massive
andesitic interbedded volcaniclastic breccia, lava, and subordinate sandstone and
crystal tuff. Maximum estimated thickness, l,000 m. Exposed in the Humacao,
Naguabo, and Punta Puerca quadrangles
| M'Gonigle, 1977, 1978, 1979
Kdh | Diorite-hornblendite-gabbro
| upper ? Cretaceous | Hornblende
diorite intermixed with hornblendite. Hornblende gabbro locally intrudes and is
mapped with the diorite. Exposed in the Humacao and Punta Guayanes quadrangles
| M'Gonigle, 1978; Rogers, 1977
Kdi | Diorite
| Campanian ? Albian ? | Locally
porphyritic, hornblende-rich diorite. Autoclastic intrusion breccia present near
margins and locally in interior of stocks. Widely altered. Autoliths and/or
xenoliths are widely present. Exposed in the Punta Guayanes, Patillas, Yabucoa,
Coamo, and Caguas quadrangles
| Rogers, 1977, 1979; Glover, 1982; Rogers and others, 1979; Glover, 1961a;
Berryhill, 1965; Mattson and Glover, 1973
Ke | El Rayo Formation
| upper to middle Maestrichtian | Massive, dark
grayish-purple andesitic and basaltic lava with interbedded limestone. Thickness
unknown. Exposed in the San German, Sabana Grande, and Punta Verraco quadrangles
| Volckmann, 1984b, 1984c; Krushensky and Monroe, 1979
Keo | El Ocho Formation
| Cenomanian ? | Volcaniclastic
breccia and tuff, with interbedded andesitic lava flows near base. Maximum
estimated thickness, 825 m. Exposed in the Corozal, Naranjito, and Aguas Buenas
quadrangles
| Pease, 1968a, 1968b, 1968c; Nelson, 1967
Kf | Figuera Lava
| lower Cretaceous ? | Massive
andesitic lava, locally pillowed, interlayered with very minor autobrecciated lava,
tuffaceous sandstone, siltstone, and hyaloclastite breccia. Includes one thin unit
of non-welded ash-flow tuff. Maximum estimated thickness, 2,000 m. Exposed in the
Fajardo, Cayo Icacos, Naguabo, and Punta Puerca quadrangles
| Briggs, 1973; Briggs and Aguilar, 1980; M'Gonigle, 1979
Kfa | Fajardo Formation
| middle ? Albian | Basal tuff
breccia interbedded with tuff, and tuffaceous sandstone and black cherty siltstone.
Maximum estimated thickness, 3,l50 m. Exposed in the Fajardo, Cayo Icacos,
Naguabo, and Humacao quadrangles, and in the El Yunque quadrangle where it was
mapped as unnamed volcaniclastic rocks
| Briggs, 1973; Briggs and Aguilar, 1980; M'Gonigle, 1978, 1979; Seiders, 1971b
Kfd | Figuera Lava and Daguao Formation Interbedded
| Cretaceous |
|
Kfr | Friales Formation
| Campanian | Calcareous
mudstone, volcaniclastic sandstone, conglomeratic sandstone, volcanic breccia, and
locally, pillowed basaltic lava flows. Maximum estimated thickness, l,lOO m.
Exposed in the Aquas Buenas, Carolina, Gurabo, Rio Grande, and El Yunque
quadrangles
| Seiders, 1971a, 1971b, 1971c; Pease, 1968b, Pease and Briggs, 1972; Monroe, 1977
Kg | Guynabo Formation
| lower Santonian-upper Cenomanian | Interbedded
volcanic sandstone and tuffaceous siltstone and volcanic conglomerate, pillowed
andesitic lava flows at the base and middle of formation. Maximum thickness 1,600
m. Exposed in the Aguas Buenas quadrangle.
| Pease, 1968a
Kh | Hato Puerco Formation
| Turonian-lower Cenomanian | Andesitic to
basaltic volcaniclastic sandstone and breccia, mudstone, conglomerate, and lava.
Maximum estimated thicknesses 2,600 m. Exposed in the Gurabo, El Yunque, Fajardo,
and Cayo Icacos quadrangles; previously mapped as part of the Carraizo Breccia in
the Aguas Buenas quadrangle to the west
| Seiders, 1971a, 1971b, 1971c; Pessagno, 1976; Briggs and Aguilar, 1980
Ki | Infierno Formation
| Turonian | Pillowed,
basaltic andesite lava, volcanic breccia, volcaniclastic sandstone, and mudstone.
Maximum thickness known, 900 m. Exposed in the Gurabo quadrangle.
| Seiders, 1971a, 1971b
Kib | Intrusive Daguao Breccia
| lower? Cretaceous | Massive breccia
like the Daguao Formation. Intrudes bedded tuff, breccia, and lava flows of the
Daguao Formation. Exposed in the Naguabo quadrangle
| M'Gonigle, 1977, 1978, 1979
Kja | Jayuya Tuff
| Cretaceous ? | basaltic
crystal-lithic tuff and fine-grained hyaloclastite; subordinate silicified mudstone
and volcanic sandstone. Locally metamorphosed to feldspar hornblende hornfels,
gneiss, and schist. Maximum estimated thickness, 900 m. Exposed in the Jayuya and
Adjuntas quadrangles
| Mattson, 1967, 1968a, 1968b
KJa | Amphibolite
| Cretaceous ?-pre-Cretaceous ? | Dark- to light-
gray-green, amphibolite. Present both as discrete massive outcrops and as blocks
of various sizes in serpentinite. Exposed in the Cabo Rojo, Parguera, San German,
Mayaguez, and Punta Verraco quadrangles
| Mattson, 1960; Tobisch, 1968; Volckmann 1984a, 194b, 1984c; Krushensky and
Monroe, 1979
KJas | Amphibolite-Serpentinite
| Cretaceous ?-pre-Cretaceous ? | Blocks of
amphibolite held in a matrix of serpentinite. Exposed in the Parguera and San
German quadrangles
| Volckmann, 1984a, 1984b
KJb | Spilitized Basalt
| lower Cretaceous ?-pre-upper Kimmeridgian? | Massive,
locally vesicular, dark greenish-gray spilitized basalt. Exposed in the Mayaguez
quadrangle
| Mattson,1960;Curet, 1986
KJc | Cajul Basalt
| lower Cretaceous ?-upper Jurassic ? | Dark purplish-
red amygdaloidal, pillowed, porphyritic basalt flows, with phenocrysts of
plagioclase and olivine. Thickness unknown. Exposed in the San German, Cabo
Rojo, Parguera, and Puerto Real quadrangles
| Volckmann, 1984a, 1984b, 1984c
KJm | Mariquita Chert
| middle Turonian ?-upper Kimmeridgian-lower- Tithonian undivided | Laminated,
fine-grained, dark-gray chert. Contains abundant to sparse radiolaria, and
locally, Foraminifera. Locally interbedded with recrystallized and largely
silicified limestone(?), and with non-metamorphosed pillowed basalt. Maximum
estimated thickness, 300 m. Exposed in the Cabo Rojo, Puerto Real, San German,
Parguera, and Punta Verraco quadrangles
| Mattson, 1973; Mattson and Pessagno, 1974, 1979; Volckmann, 1984a, 1984b, 1984c;
Krushensky and Monroe, 1979
KJs | Serpentinite
| Cretaceous ?-pre-Cretaceous ? | Sheared light-
to dark-green, serpentinite; chiefly altered harzburgite. Epiclastic serpentinite
is poorly sorted, unsheared, and retains a characteristic epiclastic appearance in
both clasts and matrix. Exposed in the Mayaguez, Rosario, Maricao, Sabana Grande,
Yauco, Punta Verraco, Parguera, Cabo Rojo, San German, and Puerto Real quadrangles
| Curet, 1986; McIntyre, 1975; Mattson, 1960, 1973; Krushensky and Monroe, 1978;
Volckmann, 1984a, 1984b, 1984c
Kl | Lajas Formation
| lower ? Campanian-pre Campanian ? | Massive, non-
pillowed, grayish-purple, basalt flows Minor basaltic tuff is lithologically
similar to lava flows. Minimum estimated thickness, 1,000 m. Exposed in the Puerto
Real and San German quadrangles
| Volckmann, 1984b, 1984,c, 1984d
Klm | La Muda Formation
| Maestrichtian-Campanian ? | Calcareous
sandstone that ranges to arenaceous limestone; interbedded with coarse
conglomerate, locally, massive limestone. Maximum thickness, 90 m. Exposed in
the Aguas Buenas quadrangle
| Pease, 1968a, 1968b
Kln | Los Negros Formation
| lower ?-upper ? Cretaceous | Basaltic
hyaloclastite-breccia, with stringers of pillowed basaltic lava, subordinate
volcanic sandstone, and minor siltstone. Maximum estimated thickness, l,800 m.
Exposed in the Ciales, Corozal, Naranjito, Aguas Buenas, Caguas, Gurabo, and Juncos
quadrangles
| Berryhill, 1965; Nelson, 1966, 1967a; Pease, 1968a, 1968b, 1968c; Rogers, 1979;
Broedel, 1961; Seiders, 1971
Klo | Lomas Formation
| upper ? Cretaceous | Volcanic
breccia, hyaloclastite breccia, conglomerate, volcanic sandstone, pillowed and non-
pillowed lava flows, and rarely volcanic lithic mudstone. Maximum thickenss 1,500
m. Exposed in the Gurabo and El Yunque quadrangles
| Seiders, 1971a, 1971b, 1971c
Km | Melones Limestone
| middle Maestrichtian-upper Campanian | Volcanic
sandstone interbedded with shaley limestone, calcareous mudstone, and carbonaceous
limestone. Estimated thickness, 300 m. Exposed in the Cabo Rojo quadrangle
| Mattson, 1960; Volckmann, 1984a, 1984d
Kma | Magueyes Formation
| middle Albian | Tuffaceous
sandstone and siltstone intercalated with pillowed, basaltic lava flows and flow
breccia, and, near the top of the formation, a thick basaltic hyaloclastite
breccia. At the base of the Magueyes is the Barrancas Limestone Member. Maximum
estimated thickness, 1,400 m. Exposed in the Ciales, Corozal, and Barranquitas
quadrangles
| Berryhill, 1965; Nelson, 1966; Briggs and Gelabert, 1962
Kmag | Martin Gonzales Lava
| upper Cretaceous | Gray green,
locally pillowed, basaltic andesite; commonly contains abundant plagioclase
phenocrysts (2-5 mm long) that are generally more than 40 percent of the rock;
locally, plagioclase phenocrysts makeup most of the rock. Clinopyroxene phenocrysts
are sparse and present only locally; in one location orthopyroxene is present.
Lava is commonly amygdaloidal. Variation in thickness over short distances is
common. Thickness varies from 50 m to 700 m. Exposed in the Gurabo and El Yunque
quadrangles. | Seiders, 1971a, 1971c; Pease, 1968
Kmal | Malo Breccia
| upper ? Cretaceous | Andesitic to
basaltic-andesite tuff interbedded with hyaloclastite breccia and pillowed lava,
volcanic sandstone, siltstone, and conglomerate. Maximum estimated thickness,
l,300 m. Exposed in the Orocovis, Jayuya, and Barranquitas quadrangles
| Briggs, 1967, 1971; Briggs and Gelabert, 1962; Mattson, 1968b
Kmam | Mameyes Formation
| upper ? Cretaceous | Pillowed
andesitic lava flows and intercalated volcanic sandstone and siltstone. Maximum
estimated thickness, l,l00 m. Exposed in the Florida and Utuado quadrangles
| Nelson and Monroe, 1966; Nelson, 1967b
Kman | Manicaboa Formation
| upper ? Cretaceous | Volcanic
breccia and conglomerate interbedded with tuff. Maximum estimated thickness, 2,200
m. Exposed in the Ciales quadrangle, mapped as Avispa Formation in the adjacent
Corozal quadrangle
| Berryhill, 1965
Kmar | Maravillas Formation
| middle ? Maestrichtian-upper Santonian | Tuffaceous
sandstone, siltstone, volcanic breccia, limestone, and limestone conglomerate.
Irregularly interbedded calcarenite and limestone conglomerate. Maximum thickness
is estimated at about l,l00 m. Exposed in the Jayuya, Orocovis, Rio Descalabrado,
and Coamo quadrangles
| Mattson, 1967, 1968b; Glover, 1971; Glover and Mattson, 1973; Briggs, 1971
Kmc | Granodiorite of Morovis and Ciales Stocks
| post middle Albian | Granodiorite.
Grades into quartz monzonite in Morovis stock. Autoclastic intrusion breccia near
margins. Exposed in the Ciales quadrangle
| Berryhill, 1965
Kmo | Monacillo Formation
| upper Cretaceous | Conglomerate
and mudstone interbedded with siltstone and sandstone, locally a limestone.
Maximum thickness estimated as less than 400 m. Exposed in the Aguas Buenas,
Gurabo, San Juan, and Carolina quadrangles
| Kaye, 1959; Pease, 1968a, 1968b; Seiders, 1971a, 1971c; Pease and Monroe, 1977
Kp | Parguera Limestone
| lower? Maestrichtian-lower Campanian-upperMOST Santonian | Basal
conglomerate grades upward into a limestone. Upper member limestone composed of
varied, coarse, skeletal clasts of fossils. Maximum estimated thickness, l,000 m.
Exposed in the Parguera, Cabo Rojo, and Guanica quadrangles
| Mattson, 1960; Almy, 1965; Volckmann, 1984a;, 1984d; Monroe, 1972
Kpa | Pajaros Tuff
| lower ? Cretaceous | Tuff,
tuffaceous siltstone, and sandstone. Maximum exposed thickness, 580 m. Exposed in
the Naranjito quadrangle
| Pease, 1968a, 1968c
Kpe | Penoñes Limestone
| Maestrichtian | Limestone with
minor volcanic lithic and mineral clasts like those in the Sabana Grande Formation.
Locally metamorphosed to a coarse crystalline marble near intrusive contacts.
Maximum estimated thickness 250 m. Exposed in the Rosario quadrangle
| Curet, 1986
Kper | Perchas Formation
| upper ?-lower ? Cretaceous | Pillowed
basaltic lava interbedded with basaltic tuff, volcanic sandstone, and minor
hyaloclastite breccia. Lithologically the Perchas is indistinguishable from the
Magueyes. Maximum estimated thickness, l,500 m. Exposed in the Ciales, Corozal,
Aguas Buenas, Naranjito, Barranquitas, and Comerio quadrangles
| Berryhill, 1967; Nelson, 1966, 1967a; Pease, 1968a, 1968b; Briggs and Gelabert,
1962; Pease and Briggs, 1960
Kpgg | Granodiorite of the plutonic complex of Punta Guayanes
| Maestrichtian-Campanian | Granodiorite
grades into quartz monzonite. Exposed in the Humacao, Punta Guayanes, Patillas,
Punta Tuna, and Yabucoa quadrangles
| M'Gonigle, 1978; Rogers, 1977; Glover, 1982; and Rogers and others, 1979
Kpgq | Quartz diorite of plutonic complex of Punta Guayanes
| Maestrichtian-Campanian | Quartz diorite,
local porphyritic quartz dacite. Exposed in the Yabucoa, Punta Tuna, Patillas,
Guayama, and Punta Guayanes quadrangles
| Rogres and others, 1979; Glover, 1982; Rogers, 1977
Kpgqm | Quartz monzonite of plutonic complex of Punta Guayanes
| Maestrichtian | Quartz
monzonite. Exposed in the Yabucoa quadrangle
| Rogers and others, 1979
Kpi | Pitahaya Formation
| lower Cretaceous ? | Pillowed lava,
hyaloclastite breccia, flow-breccia, tuff, and tuff-breccia. locally with
limestone lenses, which may be metamorphosed to marble and replaced by metasomatic
magnetite. Tuff facies are locally metamorphosed to a phyllite, and most rocks are
epidotized or chloritized. Maximum estimated thickness, 2,000 m. Exposed in the
Humacao and Juncos quadrangles; mapped in the Juncos quadrangle as undivided
volcanic rocks and metamorphosed equivalents
| M'Gonigle, 1977, 1978
Kpo | Pozas Formation
| lower Maestrichtian-upper Santonian | Volcanic
breccia, conglomerate, tuff, volcanic sandstone and siltstone, interbedded locally
with ash-flow tuff, lava, and limestone lenses. Also includes limestone lneses.
Minimum estimated thickness, 2,000 m. Exposed in the Florida, Ciales, Orocovis,
and Barranquitas quadrangles
| Berryhill, 1965; Nelson and Monroe, 1966; Briggs, 1971; Briggs and Gelabert, 1962
Kpob | Two pyroxene olivine basalt
| lower ? Maestrichtian-Campanian | Porphyritic
augite hypersthene-olivine basalt. Exposed in the Yauco, Sabana Grande, Guanica,
Parguera, San German, Cabo Rojo, Mayaguez, Rosario, and Maricao quadrangles
| Krushensky and Monroe, 1979; Monroe, 1972; Volckmann, 1984a, 1984b; Curet, 1986;
and McIntyre, 1975
Kpsg | Granodiorite of the plutonic complex of Punta Guayanes and granodiorite
of San Lorenzo undivided | upper Cretaceous
| See Individual rock descriptions. Exposed in the Patillas, Punta Guayanes, and
Yabucoa quadrangles
| Glover, 1982; Rogers and others, 1979
Kpsq | Quartz diorite of plutonic complex of Punta Guayanes and of the
granodiorite of San Lorenzo | upper Cretaceous
| Quartz diorite of the Punta Guayanes plutonic complex and quartz diorite facies
of the granodiorite of San Lorenzo, minor quartz diorite porphyry, and quartz
monzonite of the Punta Guayanes plutonic complex. See individual rock types for
descriptions. Exposed in the Punta Guayanes and Humacao quadrangles
| Rogers, 1977; M'Gonigle, 1978
Kr | Robles Formation
| Cenomanian-lower Albian | Chiefly
volcaniclastic sandstone and siltstone, subordinate lava and minor limestone,
conglomerate and breccia; includes at the base, in the Cayey quadrangle, a
calcarenite. Two pillowed basaltic andesite flows are enclosed in sandstone-
siltstone sequence. Estimated thickness of the Robles exceeds 1,200 m. The Robles
occurs in the Coamo, Juncos, Cayey, Caguas, Orocovis, and Comerio quadrangles. In
the Barranquitas quadrangle rock lithologically and stratigraphically equivalent to
the Robles is mapped as the Magueyes Formation. | Pease and Briggs, 1960; Berryhill
and Glover, 1960; Mattson, 1968a, 1968b; Nelson and Tobisch, 1968; Nelson, 1967b;
Glover, 1961a, Broedell, 1961; Briggs, 1971; and Rogers, 1979
Kra | Río Abajo Formation
| lower Cretaceous ? | Crystal-lithic
tuff and interbedded volcaniclastic sandstone and breccia; clasts of embayed quartz
and bipyramidal quartz crystals are abundant. The tuff facies is locally
metamorphosed to phyllite, or hornblende and mica schist near contacts with the San
Lorenzo batholith. Maximum estimated thickness, 600 m. Exposed in the Humacao
quadrangle
| M'Gonigle, 1977, 1978
Krp | Río de la Plata Sandstone
| upper ? Cretaceous | Volcaniclastic
epiclastic sandstone and siltstone interbedded with conglomerate and, locally,
andesitic lava flows. Maximum estimated thickness, 1,000 m. Exposed in the
Naranjito, Aguas Buenas, and Corozal quadrangles
| Pease, 1968a
Ks | Sabana Grande Formation
| lower Maestrichtian-Turonian | Volcanic
breccia, conglomerate, sandstone and siltstone, and minor basalt flows and
limestone lenses. Minimum estimated thickness I,000 m. Exposed in the Sabana
Grande, San German, Puerto Real, Mayaguez, and Rosario quadrangles
| Slodowski, 1956; Mattson, 1960; Volckmann, 1984a, 1984b, 1984c, 1984d
Ksl | Granodiorite-Quartz Diorite of San Lorenzo
| post Cenomanian ? | Massive
hornblende-bearing granodiorite, grades into quartz diorite and locally into quartz
monzonite. Autoliths(?) and xenoliths of metavolcanic rock are scattered
throughout plutonic complex. Exposed in the Caguas, Juncos, Humacao, Patillas,
Yabucoa, and Punta Guayanes quadrangles
| Rogers, 1979; Broedel, 1961; M'Gonigle, 1977; Glover, 1962; Rogers and others,
1979
Kslg | Mixed granodiorite-diorite of San Lorenzo complex and diorite
hornblendite-hornblende gabbro | Cretaceous
| Intermixed granodiorite of the San Lorenzo complex and diorite, hornblendite, and
hornblende gabbro. Exposed in the Humacao and Punta Guayanes quadrangles
| M'Gonigle, 1978; Rogers, 1977
Kslq | Quartz Diorite Facies of Granodiorite of San Lorenzo
| upper ? lower ? Cretaceous | Quartz diorite,
shows faint foliation near intrusive contacts, locally includes autoliths or
xenoliths of quartz diorite and diorite. Grades into granodiorite but is largely
quartz diorite. Exposed in the Caquas quadrangle
| Rogers, 1979
 Kso | Santa Olaya Lava
| upper ? Cretaceous | Basal pillowed,
basaltic and andesitic lava flows, hyaloclastite-breccia, tuff, and volcaniclastic
sandstone. Maximum estimated thickness, 2,600 m. Exposed in the Aguas Buenas and
Naranjito quadrangles; equivalent continuous rocks in the Gurabo quadrangle to the
east have been mapped by Seiders (1971a) as the Celada Formation
| Pease, 1968a, 1968b, 1968c; Seiders, 1971a; Lidiak, 1965
Kt | Torrecilla Breccia
| lower Albian | Hyaloclastite
breccia and associated lava flows, subordinate volcanic sandstone, conglomerate,
and siltstone, minor limestone (Aguas Buenas Limestone). Maximum estimated
thickness, 2,000 m. Mapped in part or in whole as Robles in central Puerto Rico.
Exposed in the Barranquitas, Orocovis, Comerio, Aguas Buenas, and Cayey quadrangles
| Briggs, 1969, 1971; Pease, 1968b; Pease and Briggs, 1960; Berryhill and Glover,
1960; Briggs and Gelabert, 1962
Kta | Tabonuco Formation
| middle or lower Cenomanian-Albian and ? Aptian | Volcaniclastic
sandstone, mudstone, minor volcanic breccia, and conglomerate. Approximate
thickness, 1,000 m. Exposed in the El Yunque, Fajardo, and Cayo Icacos quadrangles
| Seiders, 1971b, 1971c; Briggs and Aguilar, 1980
Kte | Tetuan Formation
| Campanian-Santonian | Pumiceous tuff,
volcanic breccia, and pillowed andesitic lava flows. Maximum estimated thickness,
l,500 m. Exposed in the Florida, Utuado, and Jayuya quadrangles
| Nelson and Monroe, 1966; Mattson, 1968b
Kto | Tortugas Andesite
| upper ? Cretaceous | Volcanic
breccia, subordinate lava, volcanic sandstone, and conglomerate. Maximum estimated
thickness, 700 m. Exposed in Aguas Buenas quadrangle
| Kaye, 1959; Pease, 1968a, 1968b
Ku | Granodiorite-quartz diorite of the Utuado batholith
| post upper Paleocene- Santonian ? | Granodiorite,
locally porphyritic, and subordinate quartz diorite, quartz monazite, and diorite.
Exposed in the Jayuya, Bayaney, Utuado, and Adjuntas quadrangles
| Mattson, 1968b; Nelson and Tobisch, 1968; Nelson, 1967b; Mattson, 1968a
Kv | Vista Alegre Formation
| upper ? Cretaceous | Graded volcanic
sandstone; crystal and lithic tuff, siltstone, volcanic breccia, pillowed andesitic
and basaltic lava, and basaltic tuff. Estimated maximum thickness, l,700 m.
Exposed in the Florida, Jayuya, Utuado, Adjuntas, and Orocovis quadrangles
| Nelson and Monroe, 1966; Mattson, 1968a, 1968b; Nelson, 1967b; Briggs, 1971
Qa | Alluvium
| Quaternary |
|
Qb | Beach Deposits
| Quaternary |
|
Ql | Landslide Deposits
| Holocene-Pleistocene ? |
|
Qs | Swamp Deposits
| Holocene-Pleistocene ? |
|
QTs | Blanket Sand Deposits
| Quaternary ? late Tertiary ? |
|
Ta | Aguada Limestone
| lower Miocene | Hard granular
calcarenite overlain by alternating beds of chalky marl and rubbly limestone.
Maximum estimated thickness, l50 m. Exposed from the San Juan quadrangle to the
Aguadilla quadrangle and in the Utuado quadrangle
| Zapp and others, 1948; Monroe, 1968
Tay | Aymamon Limestone
| lower Miocene | Dense limestone
and chalk. Maximum estimated thickness, 200 m. Exposed along the north coast of
Puerto Rico from the Vega Alta quadrangle to the Aguadilla quadrangle
| Zapp and others, 1948; Monroe, 1963, 1967
Tc | Cuevas Formation
| lower middle Eocene | Calcarenite
algae clasts. Maximum estimated thickness, 35 m. Exposed in the Coamo, Salinas,
Rio Descalabrado, Ponce, and Jayuya quadrangles
| Pessagno, 1960; Krushensky and Monroe, 1975; Mattson, 1968b; Glover, 1961a,
1961b, 1971; Glover and Mattson 1973
Tca | Carreras Siltstone
| early ? Paleocene ? | Tuffaceous
siltstone, minor volcanic sandstone, and tuff, limestone, limestone breccia, and
calcareous sandstone. Grades downward into arkosic conglomerate. Maximum
estimated thickness, 600 m. Exposed in the Corozal and Ciales quadrangles
| Berryhill, 1965; Nelson, 1967a
Tcb | Cibao Formation
| lower Miocene-upper Oligocene | Calcareous
clay, marl, and chalky limestone.
| Monroe, 1980
Tcbg | Guajataca Member
| Tertiary | Calcareous
clay, chalky limestone, and marl with massive lenses of sand and gravel.
| Zapp and others, 1948
Tcbga | Almirante Sur Sand Lentil
| Tertiary | Pebbly quartz
sand and sandstone, locally grades into glauconitic calcarenite.
| Monroe, 1962
Tcbm | Montebello Limestone Member
| Tertiary | Chalky
limestone, clay, and marl.
| Nelson and Monroe, 1966
Tcbmi | Miranda Sand Member
| Tertiary |
|
Tcbq | Quebrada Arenas Member
| Tertiary | Dense limestone
alternating with chalky limestone.
| Monroe, 1962
Tcbr | Río Indio Limestone Member
| Tertiary | Limestone
lenses of marly clay or beds of chalky limestone, grades into Mucarbones Sand
laterally
| Monroe, 1962
Tcm | Camuy Formation
| lower Pliocene-upper Miocene | Foraminiferal
biomicrite with clay lenses, ferruginous calcarenite interbedded with chalky
breccia, and upper chalky sandstone, sandstone, sandy limestone, and limestone.
Estimated maximum thickness, l70 m. Exposed in the Manati, Barceloneta, Arecibo,
Camuy, Quebradillas, and Moca quadrangles
| Monroe, 1963, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1980; Briggs, 1965, 1968;
Tco | Corozal Limestone
| lower Eocene ?-Paleocene | Limestone and
limestone breccia. Minimum thickness l50 m. Exposed in the Corozal quadrangle
| Berkey, 1915; Nelson, 1966; 1967a; Kaye, 1956
 Td | Dacite
| Tertiary | Porphyritic
dacite. Locally, border zones show autoclastic intrusion breccia. Exposed in the
Adjuntas, Jayuya, and Ponce quadrangles
| Mattson, 1968a, 1968b; Krushensky and Monroe, 1975
Tfb | Fault Breccia
| middle Eocene ?-post middle Eocene ? | Varies
lithologically with the underlying, and to a lesser extent, with the overlying
fault plates. Blocks of various formations to 1OO m+ in a clay-rich, arenaceous,
slickenside-riddled matrix. Maximum thickness estimated as 35 m. Exposed in the
Jayuya, Ponce, and Rio Descalabrado quadrangles
| Mattson, 1968b; Krushensky and Monroe, 1975; Krushensky, 1978; Glover, 1971;
Glover and Mattson, 1973
Tg | Guayo Formation
| middle Eocene ? -post middle Eocene ? | Conglomerate,
and subordinate sandstone and siltstone. Boulders are abundant; lithologically
like volcanic rocks in the Coamo, Maravillas, Lago Garzas, and Anon Formations, and
limestone like the Cuevas Limestone in a lithic matrix. The Guayo fills channels
in the Cuevas and Rio Descalabrado Formations. Maximum estimated thickness, 200 m.
Exposed in the Rio Descalabrado and Ponce quadrangles
| Glover and Mattson, 1967; Krushensky and Monroe, 1975
Tga | Gabbro
| upper ?-middle Eocene | Gabbro.
Exposed in the Maricao quadrangle
| McIntyre, 1975
Tgua | Guanajibo Formation
| upper Miocene | Calcarenite and
calcirudite. Local interbedded lithic sandstone and conglomerate. Estimated
maximum thickness, 30 m. Exposed in the Puerto Real and San German quadrangles
| McGinnis, 1948; Volckmann, 1984
Thp | Hornblende quartz-diorite
| Tertiary ? |
|
Tj | Jicara Formation
| lower Eocene-upper Paleocene | Laminated tuff
with a conchoidal fracture. Composed of pale-green glass shards, quartz crystal
fragments, and rare, pyroxene and plagioclase crystal fragments. Maximum estimated
thickness, 1,OOO m. Exposed in the San German, Sabana Grande, and Guanica
quadrangles
| Slodowski, 1956; Mattson, 1960; Volckmann, 1984b; Monroe, 1972
Tjd | Juana Diaz Formation
| middle Miocene-lower Oligocene | Basal gravel to
conglomerate overlain by limestone. Maximum estimated thickness is 850 m. Exposed
in the Ponce, Rio Descalabrado, Penuelas, Punta Cuchara, Yauco, Punta Verraco,
Guanica, and Sabana Grande quadrangles
| Seiglie and Bermudez, 1969; Zapp, Bergquist, and Thomas, 1948; Bermudez and
Seiglie, 1970; Moussa and Seiglie, 1970; and Monroe, 1973, 1980; Krushensky and
Monroe, 1975; 1978, 1978a, Glover and Mattson, 1973
Tjo | Jobos Formation
| Oligocene ?-pre-Oligocene? | Volcanic
breccia, includes some volcanic conglomerate, sandstone, and andesitic lava flows.
Estimated thickness, l,700 m. Exposed in the Utuado quadrangle
| Nelson, 1967b
TKa | Anon Formation
| Eocene-middle Campanian | Volcanic
breccia and lava, subordinate tuff, tuffaceous sandstone, siltstone, and mudstone.
Pillow structure is absent. Maximum estimated thickness of the Anon, 2,000 m.
Anon Formation without discernable interbeds with other formations crops out in the
Ponce, Jayuya, and Adjuntas quadrangles; interbedded Anon and Lago Garzas, Anon and
Yauco, Anon and Maricao, and Anon and Monserrate crop out in the Rincon, Central La
Plata, San Sebastian, Monte Guilarte, Bayaney, and Ponce quadrangles
| Pessagno, 1960; Mattson, 1967; McIntyre, 1971; Nelson and Tobisch, 1967, 1968;
Tobisch and Turner, 1971; Krushensky and Curet, 1984, Krushensky and Monroe, 1975
TKahp | Augite-hornblende porphyry
| Tertiary ?-upper Cretaceous | Porphyritic
augite hornblende andesite, locally grades into diorite, locally mapped with basalt
and dacite. Exposed in the Jayuya, Mayaguez, Rosario, Adjuntas, San German, Sabana
Grande, Yauco, and Penuelas quadrangles
| Mattson, 1968b; Curet, 1986; Mattson, 1968a; Volckmann, 1984b; Krushensky, unpub.
data; Krushensky and Monroe, 1979, 1978a
TKal | Lago Garzas-Anon Formations Interbedded
| upper Eocene?-upper Campanian | Dark-red, non-
pillowed andesite lava flows and volcanic breccia of the Lago Garzas Formation are
irregularly interbedded with hornblende-dacite-rhyodacite lava flows, sandstone-
siltstone, and tuff characteristic of the Anon Formation. Maximum thickness of the
interbedded Lago Grazas and Anon estimated in excess of 3,500 m. Exposed in the
Penuelas, Adjuntas, Monte Guilarte, Maricao, Bayaney, San Sebastian, and Central La
Plata quadrangles
| Krushensky and Curet, 1984; Nelson and Tobisch, 1968, McIntyre, 1971, 1975;
Mattson, 1968a; Krushensky and Monroe, 1978
TKam | Anon and Maricao Formations Interbedded
| Paleogene ?-late Cretaceous ? | Characteristic
Maricao Breccia interbedded with dacitic volcanic breccia, tuffaceous sandstone,
tuff, and lava, characteristic of the Anon Formation. Maximum estimated thickness,
600 m. Exposed in the Monte Guilarte and Bayaney quadrangles
| Krushensky and Curet, 1984
TKamo | Anon and Monserrate Formations Interbedded
| middle Eocene | Interbedded
volcaniclastic sandstone and siltstone of the Anon and Monserrate Formations.
Thickness not estimated. Exposed in the Ponce quadrangle
| Krushensky and Monroe, 1975
TKap | Augite andesite porphyry
| Tertiary ?-upper Cretaceous ? | Augite andesite
porphyry. Exposed in the Rio Grande, El Yunque, Naranjito, Yauco, Penuelas and
Gurabo quadrangles
| Pease and Briggs, 1972; Seiders, 1971b; Pease, 1968; Krushensky and Monroe, 1979,
1987a; and Seiders, 1971a
TKas | Alkali syenite
| Tertiary ?-upper Cretaceous ? | Potash feldspar
and augite in a chloritized matrix. Exposed in the Ciales quadrangle
| Berryhill, 1965
TKat | Augite trachybasalt
| Tertiary ?-upper Cretaceous | Porphyritic
augite trachybasalt, characteristically with abundant, conspicuous, and large (l-3
cm long), augite phenocrysts. Exposed in the Mayaguez, Rosario, Maricao, Monte
Guilarte, Sabana Grande, Yauco, and Penuelas quadrangles
| Curet, 1986; McIntyre, 1975; Krushensky and Curet, 1984; Krushensky, unpub. data;
and Krushensky and Monroe, 1978a
TKay | Anon and Yauco Formations Interbedded
| upper Maestrichtian-middle Campanian | Calcareous and
foraminiferal mudstone, siltstone, and claystone of the Yauco Formation interbedded
with tuff, tuffaceous sandstone-mudstone and rarely conglomerate, of the Anon
Formation. Exposed in the Monte Guilarte quadrangle
| Krushensky and Curet, 1984
TKaym | Anon, Yauco, and Maricao Formations Interbedded
| lower Paleogene ?-Campanian ? | Dacitic tuff,
tuffaceous sandstone, and breccia of the Anon Formation; irregularly interbedded
with Yauco; and subordinate interbedded trachybasalt of the Maricao Formation.
Thickness unknown. Exposed in the Monte Guilarte quadrangle
| Krushensky and Curet, 1984
TKci | Cibuco Formation
| upper Cretaceous ?-Paleogene ? | Conglomerate
with interbedded volcanic sandstone, siltstone, and tuff. Maximum known thickness,
2,000 m. Exposed in the Corozal quadrangle
| Nelson, 1966, 1968a
TKda | Dacite
| Tertiary-upper Cretaceous ? | Aphyric
vesicular and amygdaloidal dacite. Exposed in the Penuelas and Ponce quadrangles
| Krushensky and Monroe, 1978a, 1975
TKdi | Diorite
| Tertiary ?-upper Cretaceous ? | Porphyritic
diorite. Exposed in the Fajardo, Naguabo, Corozal, Coamo, Rio Descalabrado,
Rosario, Comerio, Aquas Buenas, Ciales, Central La Plata, Orocovis, Mayaguez, and
Puerto Real quadrangles
| Briggs and Aguillar C., 1980; M'Gonigle, 1979; Nelson, 1966; Glover, 1961a, 1971;
Glover and Mattson, 1973; Curet, 1986; Pease and Briggs, 1960; Pease, 1968b;
Berryhill, 1965; McIntyre, 1971; Briggs, 1971; Volckmann, 1984c
TKg | Gabbro
| Tertiary-upper ? Cretaceous | Diabasic gabbro
and porphyritic gabbro, locally includes hornblende porphyry. Exposed in the
Gurabo, Carolina, and El Yunque quadrangles
| Seiders, 1971a; Monroe, 1977; Seiders, 1971b
TKgm | Granodiorite quartz monzonite
| Tertiary-upper Cretaceous ? | Granodiorite
grades into quartz monzonite. Exposed in the Rosario and Maricao quadrangles
| Curet, 1986; McIntrye, 1975
TKgu | Guaracanal Formation
| lower Paleogene-upper Cretaceous | Volcanic
breccia integrades with lava or tuff. Locally includes limestone at base of
formation. Maximum estimated thickness l25 m. Exposed in the Carolina, San Juan,
Aguas Buenas, and Gurabo quadrangles
| Pease, 1968a, Seiders, 1971c
TKh | Hornblende quartz-diorite porphyry
| Eocene | Porphyritic
hornblende quartz diorite, minor hornblende-granodiorite, quartz monzonite, and
quartz diorite; locally pyritized, molybdenite-bearing, and/or includes
disseminated chalcopyrite in the groundmass. Exposed in the San Sebastian,
Bayaney, Monte Guilarte, Adjuntas, Cayey, Coamo, Maricao, Ponce, and Corozal
quadrangles
| Tobisch and Turner, 1971; Nelson, 1968; Krushensky and Curet, 1984; Mattson,
1968a; Berryhill and Glover, 1960; Glover, 1961a, 1971; McIntyre, 1975; Krushensky
and Monroe, 1975; and Nelson, 1966
TKha | Hydrothermally altered rock
| Tertiary ?-Cretaceous? | Mixture of
clay, sericite, albite, and pyrophyllite. Locally pyrite-bearing. Majority of areas
mapped as hydrothermally altered are intrusive rocks. Exposed in the umacao,
Juncos, Barranquitas, Cayey, Naranjito, Aquas Buenas, Comerio, Caquas, Cailes,
Rosario, San German, Gurabo, Patillas, Naguabo, Guayama, and Punta Tuna quadrangles
| M'Gonigle, 1978; Broedel, 1961; Briggs and Gelabert, 1962; Berryhill and Glover,
1960; Pease, 1968, 1968b; Rogers, 1979; Curet, 1986; Volckmann, 1984b; Seiders,
1971a; Glover, 1982; Rogres and others, 1979
TKhda | Hornblende dacite
| Tertiary-late Cretaceous | Porphyritic
hornblende dacite. Exposed in the Maricao, Yauco, Monte Guilarte, Adjuntas, and
Penuelas quadrangles
| McIntyre, 1975; Krushensky and Monroe, 1979; Krushensky and Curet, 1984; Mattson,
1968a; and Krushensky and Monroe, 1978a
 TKk | Quartz keratophyre
| Tertiary ?-upper Cretaceous ? | Quartz
keratophyre. Exposed in the Fajardo and Naguabo quadrangles
| Briggs and Aguillar C., 1980; M'Gonigle, 1979
TKl | Lago Garzas Formation
| middle Eocene-Campanian | Dark-red
volcanic breccia, lava, and subordinate volcanic sandstone-claystone, calcirudite,
and pillowed basalt flows are interbedded. Locally interbedded with Anon Formation
of Middle Eocene age. Maximum estimated thickness, in excess of l,000 m. Exposed
in the Ponce, Yauco, Penuelas, Jayuya, Adjuntas, Monte Guilarte, Maricao, Rosario,
San Sebastian, and Central La Plata quadrangles
| Pessagno, 1962; Mattson, 1967, 1968a, 1968b; Krushensky and Monroe, 1975, 1978,
1979; McIntyre, 1971, 1975; Krushensky and Curet, 1984; Curet, 1986; Tobisch and
Turner, 1971
TKlam | Lago Garzas, Anon, and Maricao Formations Interbedded
| Tertiary ? -Maestrichtian ?-Campanian ? | Irregularly
interbedded breccia characteristic of the Maricao, the Lago Garzas, and hornblende
dacite volcanic breccia, tuffaceous sandstone and siltstone characteristic of the
Anon. Thickness not estimated. Exposed in the Yauco quadrangle
| Krushensky and Monroe, 1979
TKly | Lago Garzas and Yauco Formations Interbedded
| Tertiary ? -Maestrichtian ?-Campanian ? | Characteristic
Yauco Formation irregularly interbedded with volcanic sandstone characteristic of
the Lago Garzas Formation. Exposed in the Ponce and Penuelas quadrangles
| Krushensky and Monroe, 1975, 1979
TKm | Maricao Formation
| Tertiary ? -Maestrichtian-Campanian | Volcanic
trachybasalt breccia, tuffaceous sandstone and mudstone, tuff, and subordinate lava
and limestone; characteristically contains large (l-3 cm long) augite phenocrysts.
Estimated minimum thickness, 2,000 m. Exposed in the Maricao, Rosario, Central La
Plata, Mayaguez, Yauco, Penuelas, Adjuntas, and Monte Guilarte quadrangles
| Mattson, 1960; McIntyre and others, 1970; Krushensky and Curet, 1984; Curet,
1986; McIntyre, 1971
TKmly | Maricao, Lago Garzas, and Yauco Formations Interbedded
| lower Paleogene ?-Campanian ? | Interbedded
lava flows and volcanic sandstone of the Lago Garzas, tuffaceous sandstone and
volcanic breccia of the Maricao, and calcareous claystone of the Yauco Formation.
Thickness not known. Crops out in the Monte Guilarte quadrangle
| Krushensky and Curet, 1984
TKmv | Metavolcanic Rocks
| upper Cretaceous ?-Paleogene ? |
|
TKmy | Maricao and Yauco Formations Interbedded
| Tertiary ?-Maestrichtian ?-Campanian ? | Volcanic
sandstone, siltstone, and claystone irregularly interbedded with dark-green, coarse
grained sandstone and subordinate conglomerate. Maximum estimated thickness, 300 m.
Exposed in the Monte Guilarte and Maricao quadrangles
| Krushensky and Curet, 1984; McIntyre, 1875
TKn | Naranjito Formation
| lower Paleogene ? upper Cretaceous ? | Crystal-tuff,
tuffaceous breccia and conglomerate, volcanic sandstone, and, locally, lava flows.
Maximum thickness 450 m. Exposed in Naranjito and Corozal quadrangles
| Pease, 1968a, 1968c; Nelson, 1967a
TKqd | Quartz diorite-granodiorite
| Tertiary ?-upper Cretaceous ? | Quartz diorite
grades into granodiorite, locally proportions are reversed. Locally porphyritic.
Exposed in the Fajardo, Humacao, Naguabo, Punta Puerca, Corozal, Jayuya, Rincon,
Central La Plata, Utuado, Florida, Maricao, Monte Guilarte, Yauco, Penuelas,
Parguera, and Ponce quadrangles
| M'Gonigle, 1978, 1979; Nelson, 1966; Mattson, 1968b; Aaron, unpub. data;
McIntyre, 1971; Nelson, 1967b; Nelson and Monroe, 1966; McIntyre, 1975; Krushensky
and Curet, 1984; Krushensky and Monroe, 1979, 1978a, 1975; and Volckmann, 1984a
TKy | Yauco Formation
| Tertiary ?-middle ?-lower ? Maestrichtian-Cenomanian | Siltstone,
claystone; sandstone, limestone, and conglomerate. Interbedding of the Yauco with
the Maricao, Anon, and Lago Garzas, which have fossils of Tertiary age, may
indicate an age spread from Tertiary to Upper Cretaceous, for the Yauco, but
fossils of Tertiary age from the Yauco are not known. Estimate thickness in excess
of 1,200 m. Exposed in the Yauco, Ponce, Penuelas, Adjuntas, Monte Guilarte,
Maricao, San German, Sabana Grande, Rosario, Mayaguez, Puerto Real, Central La
Plata, and Rincon quadrangles | Mitchell, 1922; Hubbard, 1923;
Mattson, 1960; Krushensky and Monroe, 1978, 1979; Krushensky and Curet, 1984;
Curet, 1986; Mattson, 1968; McIntyre, 1971, 1975; Volckmann, 1984b, 1984c
Tl | Los Puertos Formation
| lower Paleocene | Andesitic
volcaniclastic breccia. Distinguished from Coamo Formation by presence of locally
interbedded quartz-bearing dacitic tuff. Maximum estimated thickness, 350 m.
Exposed in the Rio Descalabrado quadrangle
| Glover and Mattson, 1967, 1973
Tla | Lares Limestone
| upper ? Oligocene | Calcilutite,
locally, hard calcilutite interbedded with chalky limestone and calcareous clay.
Estimated maximum thickness about 270 m. Exposed in the Florida, Moca, Central La
Plata, San Sebastian, Bayaney, Utuado, Ciales, and Corozal quadrangles
| Hubbard, 1923; Zapp and others, 1948; Nelson and Monroe, 1966; Monroe, 1969,
1980; McIntyre, 1971; Tobisch and Turner, 1971; Nelson and Tobisch, 1968; Nelson,
1967a, 1967b; Berryhill, 1965
Tm | Monserrate Formation
| middle Eocene | Volcaniclastic
siltstone and sandstone interbedded with tuff, subordinate conglomerate,
calcarenite, and chert, conglomerate composed of augite andesite characteristic of
the Lago Garzas Formation. Maximum estimated thickness, 2,000 m. Exposed in the
Ponce, Penuelas, Jayuya, and Adjuntas quadrangles
| Pessagno, 1960,; Mattson, 1967; Krushensky and Monroe, 1975, 1978
Tmu | Mucarbones Sand
| lower Miocene ? upper Oligocene | Quartz sand,
interbedded with glauconitic, calcareous sand and thin-bedded calcareous clay.
Maximum known thickness, l20 m. Exposed in the Corozal, Ciales, Naranjito,
Bayamon, and San Juan quadrangles
| Monroe and Pease, 1962; Nelson, 1966, 1967a; Berryhill, 1965; Pease, 1968
Tor | Ortiz Formation
| Paleogene ? -Neogene ? | Volcanic
sandstone, siltstone, and tuff, basal conglomerate. Maximum thickness, 600 m.
Exposed in the Corozal quadrangle
| Berkey, 1915; Nelson, 1966, 1967a
Tpa | Palmarejo Formation
| Eocene-Paleocene | Volcanic
sandstone interbedded with siltstone. Maximum thickness, 370 m. Exposed in the
Corozal and Naranjito quadrangles
| Nelson, 1966, 1967a; Pease 1968c
Tpo | Ponce Limestone
| upper Miocene-Pliocene | Limestone with
locally includes beds of brown clay. Maximum estimated thickness, 850 m. Exposed
in the Ponce, Río Descalabrado, Punta Cuchara, Yauco, Punta Verraco, Guanica,
Parguera, San German, and Cabo Rojo quadrangles
| Monroe, 1973b, Krushensky and Monroe, 1975, 1978, 1979; Monroe, 1972; Volckmann,
1984a, 1984b; Mattson and Glover, 1973
Tr | Río Culebrinas Formation
| middle Eocene | Basal mudstone
and limestone, breccia, tuff, and volcanic sandstone and mudstone. Maximum
estimated thickness, 3,000 m. Exposed in the Central La Plata, Rincon, Aguadilla,
San Sebastian, and Maricao quadrangles
| McIntyre, 1975; McIntyre and others, 1970; Tobisch and Turner, 1971
Tra | Raspaldo Formation
| lower Eocene-upper Paleocene | Graded,
tuffaceous mudstone, and tuff. Minimum estimated thickness, 600 m. Exposed in the
Coamo and Rio Descalabrado quadrangles
| Glover and Mattson, 1967, 1973; Glover, 1961, 1971
Trd | Río Descalabrado Formation
| lower middle Eocene | Dacitic tuff
and subordinate mudstone and tuffaceous mudstone. The Río Descalabrado is
lithologically equivalent to the Monserrate Formation. Maximum estimated
thickness, more than 500 m. Exposed in the Río Descalabrado and Coamo quadrangles
| Glover and Mattson, 1967; Glover, 1971
Trhp | Rhyodacite porphyry
| Tertiary | Rhyodacite
porphyry. Exposed in the Central La Plata and San Sebastian quadrangles
| McIntyre, 1971
Trp | Río Piedras Siltstone
| upper Paleocene | Volcanic
sandstone, siltstone, and basal conglomerate. Maximum thickness, l,400 m. Exposed
in the Aguas Buenas, Naranjito and San Juan quadrangles
| Pease, 1968a
Ts | San Sebastian Formation
| middle ?-upper Oligocene | Shaley clay,
sandstone, and conglomerate. Estimated maximum thickness, l00 m. in outcrop, about
328 m. in the subsurface. Exposed in the San Sebastian, Moca, Central La Plata,
Bayaney, Utuado, Florida, Ciales, Corozal, Naranjito, Bayamon, and San Juan
quadrangles
| Hubbard, 1923; Zapp and others, 1948; Monroe, 1980, 1969; McIntyre, 1971; Nelson
and Tobisch, 1968; Nelson, 1967; Nelson and Monroe, 1966; Berryhill, 1965; Pease,
1968; Monroe and Pease, 1962; Pease and Monroe, 1977; Tobisch and Turner, 1971
Ty | Yunes Formation
| middle Eocene-upper Paleocene | Quartz-bearing
vitric and crystal vitric tuff, volcanic sandstone, in places graded, and
siltstone; some volcanic breccia, conglomerate, calcarenite, and lava. Maximum
estimated thickness is 3,000 m. Exposed in the Florida and Utuado quadrangles
| Nelson and Monroe, 1966; Nelson, 1967b
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