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Unidentified Aggregate Quarries

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 10056659
MRDS ID TC00712
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Aggregate Quarries

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.13585, 18.33565 (WGS84)
Elevation 50
Location accuracy 100(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

  • NEAR KILOMETER MARKER KM. 5.1 ON ROUTE PR-833 IN BARRIO OF GUARAGUAO, TOWN OF GUAYNABO. THIS RECORD IS FOR TWO QUARRIES. THE SECOND LAT LONG IS FOR THE OTHER OF THE TWO QUARRIES 18-20-04N, 066-08-11W ACC +/- 2 SECONDS. BOTH QUARRIES ARE ON EAST SIDE OF RIO BAYAMON 1 KM NORTH OF ESCUELA GUARAGUAO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED AS AGGREGATE AND ROAD METAL.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Santa Olava Lava
    Rock description Santa Olava Lava
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.13585, 18.33565
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • UNIT KS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Empresas Ortiz Brunet, Inc.

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Empresas Ortiz Brunet, Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Igneous Rock Corp.

Comments on the production information

  • THE MINING PERMIT ALLOWS FOR MAXIMUM EXTRACTION OF 500 CUBIC METERS PER DAY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE SITE IS APPROX. 0.2 KM SQUARE.
Deposit NOTE THAT THIS RECORD INCLUDES TWO QUARRIES. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
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 Allen, M.S. U.S. Geological Survey

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