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Productora De Agregados, Inc.'s Limestone Quarry

Producer in Puerto Rico, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 10056696
MRDS ID TC00756
Record type Site
Current site name Productora De Agregados, Inc.'s Limestone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.41946, 18.43593 (WGS84)
Elevation 20
Location accuracy 50(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. 41.7 ON ROUTE PR-2 IN BARRIO OF ALGARROBO, TOWN OF VEGA BAJA. LOCATED JUST NORTH OF PUGNADO AFUERA AND HIGHWAY 670.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED AS TERRAZO CHIPS, CONCRETE AGGREGATE, AND FILL.

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) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.41946, 18.43593
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Productora De Agregados, Inc.

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Productora De Agregados, Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • THE MINING PERMIT ALLOWS FOR MAXIMUM EXTRACTION OF 3,000 CUBIC METERS PER DAY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERY PURE FOSSILIFEROUS LIMESTONE, MASSIVE TO THICK BEDDED, LOCALLY DOLOMITIZED IN NEAR COAST SURFACES.
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-91 Corteza Terrestre/Surface Mining Permits Office Puerto Rico Department of Natural Resources
Updater 01-AUG-91 Kibbe, R.D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-92 Bliss, James D. U.S. Geological Survey

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