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Unidentified Aggregate Quarry

Producer in Puerto Rico, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, Volcanic Materials
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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. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056661
MRDS ID TC00714
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Aggregate Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.13724, 18.33871 (WGS84)
Elevation 100
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 1-2 KM SE OF MINILLAS

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 RIO DE BAYAMON, ALSO NEAR HWY 174, 1 KM NORTH OF ESCUELA GUARAGUAO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Volcanic Materials Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AGGREGATE AND ROAD METAL

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tuff Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Cancel Breccia
    Rock description Cancel Breccia
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.13724, 18.33871
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • UNIT KCN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Terrassa Aggregates

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Terrassa Aggregates
  • Type Owner
    Owner Sucn. Manuel Ramos Perez

Comments on the production information

  • MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION PERMITTED PER DAY IS 1500 CUBIC METERS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLY ANDESITIC TUFF AND BRECCIA.
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-MAY-91 Corteza Terrestre/Surface Mining Permits Office Puerto Rico Department of Natural Resources
Updater 01-AUG-91 Kibbe, R.D.; Allen, M.S. U.S. Geological Survey

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