Pan de Azúcar Formation

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Pan de Azúcar Formation Stratigraphic range: Hettangian-Sinemurian ~201–191 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Underlies	La Negra Formation
Overlies
Thickness	700 m (2,300 ft)
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone, tuff, mudstone, limestone
Location
Coordinates	25°36′S 70°30′W / 25.6°S 70.5°W / -25.6; -70.5Coordinates: 25°36′S 70°30′W / 25.6°S 70.5°W / -25.6; -70.5
Region	Antofagasta Region
Country	Chile
Pan de Azúcar Formation (Chile)

Pan de Azúcar Formation (Spanish: Formación Pan de Azúcar, Sugar-loaf formation) is a geologic formation of Hettangian–Sinemurian (Jurassic) age made up of chiefly by sandstone, tuff, mudstone and limestone. The formation is located in the Coast Range of northern Chile. The formation interdigitates and is coeval with the . It concordantly overlies the and is overlain by the La Negra Formation.^[1]

At least one location the formation is intruded by a roughly coeval dacite dyke which adds to the evidence that the formation was coeval with the early stages of "Andean" volcanism.^[1]

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