Unidentified Aggregate Quarry

Producer in Puerto Rico, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
Sections on this page
  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 10056658
MRDS ID TC00711
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Aggregate Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.13835, 18.35343 (WGS84)
Elevation 100
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bayamón Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Naranjito(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
United States Puerto Rico

Comments on the location information

  • ON ROUTE PR-174, NEAR TOWN OF BAYAMON. 0.25 KM W OF HWY 833, 1 KM S OF BAYAMON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name El Ocho Formation
    Rock description El Ocho Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.13835, 18.35343

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARRY PLOTS IN EL OCHO FORMATION-PINA SILTSTONE MEMBER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discoverer J. Rafael Gascot Cuadrado

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. Rafael Gascot Cuadrado
  • Type Owner
    Owner Constructora Minillas, Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • THE MINING PERMIT ALLOWS FOR MAXIMUM EXTRACTION OF 2,000 CUBIC METERS PER DAY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE SITE IS APPROX. 0.25 KM SQUARE
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-1991 Corteza Terrestre/Surface Mining Permits Office Puerto Rico Department of Natural Resources
Updater 01-AUG-1991 Kibbe, R. D. And Carbonaro, M.M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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