Cerro Colorado Formation

Cerro Colorado Formation
Stratigraphic range: Early Cretaceous
Type	Geologic group
Underlies	Flamencos Tuffs
Thickness	>100 m (330 ft)
Location
Region	Aysén Region
Country	Chile
Extent	Aysén Basin

The Cerro Colorado Formation is a geological formation to the south of General Carrera Lake in Patagonia. Sedimentary rocks of the Cerro Colorado Formation deposited under shallow marine conditions.^[1]

References

^ Charrier, Reynaldo; Pinto, Luisa; Rodríguez, María Pía (2006). "3. Tectonostratigraphic evolution of the Andean Orogen in Chile". In Moreno, Teresa; Gibbons, Wes (eds.). Geology of Chile (PDF). Geological Society of London. pp. 107–108. ISBN 9781862392199.

Geology of Chile

Terranes

Arequipa-Antofalla
Chaitenia
Chilenia
Chiloé
Cuyania
Fitz Roy
Madre de Dios
Mejillonia
Patagonia

Sedimentary
formations
and groups

Cretaceous	Baños del Flaco Fm. Cerro Colorado Fm. Chacarilla Fm. Chañarcillo Gp. Coihaique Gp. Divisadero Gp. Dorotea Fm. Hornitos Fm. La Liga Fm. Ñirehuao Fm. Punta del Cobre Fm. Purilactis Gp. Quiriquina Fm. Viñita Fm. Way Gp. Zapata Fm.
Jurassic	Chacarilla Fm. Coihaique Gp. Ibáñez Fm. La Liga Fm. La Negra Fm. Nacientes del Biobío Fm. Nacientes del Teno Fm. Pan de Azúcar Fm. Tobífera Fm.
Triassic	Canto del Agua Fm. Choiyoi Gp. Panguipulli Fm. Santa Juana Fm. Tralcán Fm.