Estratos de Pupunahue

Estratos de Pupunahue is the name given to the sedimentary strata of Oligocene-Miocene age that crop out in Pupunahue and Mulpún near Valdivia, Chile.

Outside this locality Estratos de Pupunahue extends below the surface over a larger area.

[1] The strata are made up of conglomerate, sandstone and mudstone (Chilean Spanish: fangolita).

The sandstone and mudstone contain layers of lignite coal that exceed 30 cm in thickness.

[1] Coal layers found in the Estratos de Pupunahue have been exploited in the mines of Catamutún,[1] Pupunahue and Mulpún ("Mulpun Beds").