Unidentified Sand Quarry

Producer in Puerto Rico, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
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	10056695
MRDS ID	TC00754
Record type	Site
Current site name	Unidentified Sand Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-66.4189, 18.46315 (WGS84)
Elevation	5
Location accuracy	5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Vega Baja Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manati(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cibuco-Guajataca(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. 3.5 ON ROUTE PR-687 IN BARRIO YEGUADA, TOWN OF VEGA BAJA.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction	Primary

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-66.4189, 18.46315	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

UNIT QSS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Producer
Commodity type	Non-metallic
Significant	No
Discoverer	Juan Piza Blondet

Land status

Ownership category	Private

Ownership information

Type Owner-Operator

Owner Juan Piza Blondet

Type	Owner-Operator
Owner	Juan Piza Blondet

Comments on the production information

THE MINING PERMIT ALLOWS FOR MAXIMUM EXTRACTION OF 300 CUBIC METERS PER DAY.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	TC00754

Bibliographic references

Deposit

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

MONROE, W.H., 1962, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MANATI QUADRANGLE, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-334, SCALE 1:20,000.

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	UNCONSOLIDATED VERY FINE- TO FINE-GRAINED PURE WHITE QUARTZ SAND.
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. And Carbonaro, M.M.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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