Unidentified Sand and Gravel Operation

Producer in Dorado county in Puerto Rico, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056653
MRDS ID TC00706
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Sand and Gravel Operation

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.25918, 18.42843 (WGS84)
Elevation 5
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 1 KM SW OF TOA BAJA.

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)

Eastern(hydrologic unit)

Puerto Rico(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puerto Rico(hydrologic subregion)

Caribbean(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Puerto Rico Dorado

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 > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.25918, 18.42843

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Angel L. Bermudez
Year of last production 1990

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Angel L. Bermudez
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ela

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., 1963, 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-AUG-1990 Corteza Terrestre/Surface Mining Permits Office U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1991 Kibbe, R. D. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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