Cantera Las Lomas's Aggregate Workings

Producer in Puerto Rico, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken

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	10056707
MRDS ID	TC00768
Record type	Site
Current site name	Cantera Las Lomas's Aggregate Workings

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-67.12226, 18.19844 (WGS84)
Elevation	100
Location accuracy	50(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mayagüez Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rosario(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Puerto Rico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Culebrinas-Guanajibo(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 1.1 ALONG ROUTE PR-105, NEAR LIMON, MAYAGUEZ.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken	Primary

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated

Host

Rock type

Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Spilite

Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Late Cretaceous

Host or associated Host

Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-67.12226, 18.19844	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

UNIT KJSP.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Producer
Commodity type	Non-metallic
Significant	No
Discoverer	Cantera Las Lomas

Land status

Ownership category	Private

Ownership information

Type Owner-Operator

Owner Cantera Las Lomas

Type	Owner-Operator
Owner	Cantera Las Lomas

Comments on the production information

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

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	TC00768

Bibliographic references

Deposit

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

CURET, A.F., 1986, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MAYAGUEZ AND ROSARIO QUADRANGLES, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1657, SCALE 1:20,000.

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	SPILITIZED BASALT
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-91	Corteza Terrestre/Surface Mining Permits Office	Puerto Rico Department of Natural Resources
Updater	01-AUG-91	Kibbe, R.D.; Allen, M.S.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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