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Unidentified Volcanic Rock Quarry

Producer in Puerto Rico, United States with commodity Volcanic Materials
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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 10056662
MRDS ID TC00715
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Volcanic Rock Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.22307, 18.36454 (WGS84)
Elevation 110
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 2 KM W OF MIAILLAS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Toa Alta 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

  • WEST OF HWY 827, 0.5 KM EAST OF RIO DE LA PLATA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Volcanic Materials Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NOTE THAT THE COMMODITY REPORTED IS VOLCANIC MATERIALS, HOWEVER, THE QUARRY PLOTS IN A SILTSTONE ON THE GEOLOGIC MAP.

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) -66.22307, 18.36454
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE QUARRY PLOTS IN THE PINA SILTSTONE MEMBER OF THE EL OCHO FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Manuel Velilla Perez

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Manuel Velilla Perez
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ela

Comments on the production information

  • MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION PERMITTED PER DAY IS 1000 CUBIC METERS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
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-1991 Corteza Terrestre/Surface Mining Permits Office Puerto Rico Department of Natural Resources
Updater 01-AUG-1991 Kibbe, R.D.; Carbonaro, M.M. 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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