Unidentified Sand and Gravel Quarry

Past Producer in Puerto Rico, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Ownership information
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10056649
MRDS ID	TC00702
Record type	Site
Current site name	Unidentified Sand and Gravel Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-66.30502, 17.97289 (WGS84)
Elevation	2
Location accuracy	5000(meters)
Relative position	0.5 KM FROM SALINAS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salinas Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Salinas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Puerto Rico OE S C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern(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

RIO MAGUA ALONG ROUTE PR-1, NEAR LAPA, SALINAS.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Sand and Gravel	Ore

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
Host or associated Host

Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
Host or associated Host

Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
Host or associated Host

Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-66.30502, 17.97289	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

General form TABULAR

General form	TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Non-metallic
Significant	No
Discoverer	Agregados Sur Este, Inc.
Year of last production	1990

Ownership information

Type Owner

Owner Ela

Type	Owner
Owner	Ela

Comments on the production information

MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION PERMITTED PER DAY IS 500 CUBIC METERS.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	TC00702

Bibliographic references

Deposit

GLOVER, LYNN, III, 1961, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SALINAS QUADRANGLE, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-337, SCALE 1:20,000.
Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	PIEDMONT ALLUVIAL PLAINS DEPOSITS
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-AUG-1990	Corteza Terrestre/Surface Mining Permits Office	U.S. Geological Survey
Updater	01-AUG-1991	Kibbe, R. D. And Page, N. J.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.