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Cueva Del Norte, Mona Island, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
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| Cueva Del Norte | Occurrence |
| Mona Island | Island |
| Mayagüez | Municipality |
| Puerto Rico | Unincorporated Territory |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
18° 7' 19'' North , 67° 51' 33'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Commodity: Diagenetically altered bat guano.
Deposit: Extensive caves on island periphery developed in commonly very well indurated, fine-grained limestone; thick and very thick bedded with maximum exposed thickness of about 40 m; cave area is between 1000 and 5000 sq m (of which about half is passages and rooms) is not shown on the source map and area is estimated by comparison with measured caves; cave floor is the isla de mona dolomite-lirio limestone contact.
Rock formation(s): Lirio Limestone
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Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10057018 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Caribbean PlateTectonic Plate
North America
- Central AmericaSubregion
North America Plate
- Greater Antilles ArcVolcanic Arc
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