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Unidentified Sand and Gravel Quarry

Producer in Catano county in Puerto Rico, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056665
MRDS ID TC00719
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Sand and Gravel Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.15918, 18.45065 (WGS84)
Elevation 2
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 County
United States Puerto Rico Catano

Comments on the location information

  • TRAMO CHANNELED REACH CACALIZADO RIO BAYAMON, ALONG ROUTE PR-165 (RAMAL DESVIODE PR-165), NEAR PALMAS, CATANO. MINE SITE LOCATED AT THE MOUTH OF THE RIO DE BAYAMON AND BRANCHES OFF IN TWO DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand and Gravel Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.15918, 18.45065
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Jose Nieves Cruz
Year of last production 1990

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Jose Nieves Cruz
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ela

Comments on the production information

  • MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION PERMITTED PER DAY IS 200 CUBIC METERS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    FILES OF THE CORTEZA TERRESTRE (SURFACE MINING PERMITS OFFICE), PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, 1991.

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-AUG-1990 Corteza Terrestre/Surface Mining Permits Office U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1991 Kibbe, R. D. (Orris, Greta J.) 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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