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Metropolis Quarry Inc.'s Aggregate Quarry

Producer in Puerto Rico, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056648
MRDS ID TC00701
Record type Site
Current site name Metropolis Quarry Inc.'s Aggregate Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -65.70778, 18.36454 (WGS84)
Elevation 35
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 1 KM SE FROM LUQUILLO, Est +/- 2 Min

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Luquillo Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fajardo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Puerto Rico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eastern(hydrologic unit)

Puerto Rico(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puerto Rico(hydrologic subregion)

Caribbean(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Puerto Rico

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR KILOMETER MARKER KM. 39.1 ON ROUTE PR-3 IN BARRIO OF PITAHAYA, TOWN OF LUQUILLO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Tabonuco Formation
    Rock description Tabonuco Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -65.70778, 18.36454
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • UNIT KT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Metropolis Quarry, Inc.

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Metropolis Quarry, Inc.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RECORDS OF THE CORTEZA TERRESTRE (SURFACE MINING PERMITS OFFICE), PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, 1991.

  • Deposit

    BRIGGS, R.P., AND AGUILAR-CORTES, E., 1980, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE FAJARDO AND CAYO ICACOS QUADRANGLES, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1153, SCALE 1:20,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TUFFACEOUS SILTSTONE AND SANDSTONE WITH SUBORDINATE CALCAREOUS MUDSTONE AND MASSIVE BRECCIA, 800-1000 M THICK.
Deposit THE RECORD NUMBER IN THE FILE LINK ID FIELD, WITH A PREFIX OF 'FP' OR 'R' IS THE MINING PERMIT NUMBER ASSIGNED TO THAT SITE BY THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO SURFACE MINING PERMITS OFFICE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-91 Corteza Terrestre/Surface Mining Permits Office Puerto Rico Department of Natural Resources
Updater 01-AUG-91 Kibbe, R. D. And Carbonaro, M.M. U.S. Geological Survey

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