Unidentified Limestone Quarry

Producer in Puerto Rico, United States with commodity Limestone, General

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Land status
Ownership information
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10056687
MRDS ID	TC00745
Record type	Site
Current site name	Unidentified Limestone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-66.65225, 18.01178 (WGS84)
Elevation	75
Location accuracy	5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ponce Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Penuelas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Puerto Rico C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern(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, NEAR KILOMETER MARKER KM 1.5 ALONG ROUTE PR-500, NEAR LA COTORRA, PONCE

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Limestone, General	Primary

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

Juana Diaz Formation

Rock description

Juana Diaz Formation

Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Miocene
Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-66.65225, 18.01178	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Producer
Commodity type	Non-metallic
Significant	No
Discoverer	Tallaboa Heavy Equip.

Land status

Ownership category	Private

Ownership information

Type Owner-Operator

Owner Tallaboa Heavy Equip.

Type	Owner-Operator
Owner	Tallaboa Heavy Equip.

Comments on the production information

MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION PERMITTED PER DAY IS 400 CUBIC METERS.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	TC00745

Bibliographic references

Deposit

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

KRUSHENSKY, R.D., AND MONROE, W.H., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PENUELAS AND PUNTA CUCHARA QUADRANGLES, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS SERIES MAP I-1042, 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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.