Balumtun Sandstone | |
Type: | Formation |
Age: | Aquitanian ~ |
Period: | Aquitanian |
Prilithology: | Sandstone |
Otherlithology: | Conglomerate |
Namedfor: | Balumtun |
Region: | Chiapas |
Coordinates: | 17.1°N -92.7°W |
Paleocoordinates: | 17.7°N -89°W |
Unitof: | Río Concepción Group |
Underlies: | Tulijá Formation |
Overlies: | Mazantic Shale |
Thickness: | 760 metres |
The Balumtun Sandstone is a geologic formation in Chiapas, Mexico. The formation is up to 760 metres thick, and consists of gray sandstone, that were deposited during the Upper Aquitanian stage of the Early Miocene.[1]