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Unidentified Aggregate Quarry

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 10056667
MRDS ID TC00721
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Aggregate Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.05502, 18.24788 (WGS84)
Elevation 120
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 1 KM W OF CAGUAS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Caguas(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Caguas(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. 57.2 ON ROUTE PR-156 IN BARRIO OF CANABON, TOWN OF CAGUAS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.05502, 18.24788
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Jose W. Cartagena

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cartagena, Jose W.

Comments on the production information

  • THE MINING PERMIT ALLOWS FOR MAXIMUM EXTRACTION OF 1,500 CUBIC METERS PER DAY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ROGERS, C.L., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CAGUAS QUADRANGLE, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATION SERIES MAP I-1152, 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-JUL-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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