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Unidentified Limestone Quarry

Producer in Puerto Rico, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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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 10056664
MRDS ID TC00718
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Limestone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.24252, 18.41871 (WGS84)
Elevation 75
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Toa Baja(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bayamon(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

  • FINCA PROPIA MASTER CAOCRETE, OSCAR NEVAREZ, BO CANDELARIA, TOA BAJA, NEAR KILOMETER MARKER KM 20.6 ALONG ROUTE PR-2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED FOR CEMENT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Aymamon Limestone
    Rock description Aymamon Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.24252, 18.41871
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Master Aggre. Toa Baja

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Master Aggre. Toa Baja
  • Type Owner
    Owner Master Concrete; Oscar Nevarez

Comments on the production information

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

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., AND PEASE, M.H., 1962, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BAYAMON QUADRANGLE, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-347, SCALE 1:20,000.

  • Deposit

    MONROE, W.H., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BAYAMON QUADRANGLE, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-751, SCALE 1:20,000.

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. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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