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San Juan Cement Co.'s Sand and Gravel Workings

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056651
MRDS ID TC00704
Record type Site
Current site name San Juan Cement Co.'s Sand and Gravel Workings

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.29529, 18.39232 (WGS84)
Elevation 150
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 2 KM SE OF ESPINOSA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dorado Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vega Alta(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cibuco-Guajataca(hydrologic unit)

Puerto Rico(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puerto Rico(hydrologic subregion)

Caribbean(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Puerto Rico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore
Sand and Gravel Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.29529, 18.39232
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discoverer San Juan Cement Co. Inc.

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner San Juan Cement Co. Inc.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MONROE, W.H., 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE VEGA ALTA QUADRANGLE, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP GQ-191, SCALE 1:20,000.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1991 Corteza Terrestre/Surface Mining Permits Office Puerto Rico Department of Natural Resources
Updater 01-AUG-1991 Kibbe, R. D. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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