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Unidentified Sand Quarry

Producer in Puerto Rico, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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 10056718
MRDS ID TC00781
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Sand Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.04254, 18.51454 (WGS84)
Elevation 15
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Isabela(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Puerto Rico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Puerto Rico

Comments on the location information

  • ON ROUTE PR-466 IN BARRIO BAJURAS, TOWN OF ISABELA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.04254, 18.51454
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Roland Cordero

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Roland Cordero
  • Type Owner
    Owner Elias Nujul Bez, Roland Cordero Y Sucn. Abreu

Comments on the production information

  • THE MINING PERMIT ALLOWS FOR MAXIMUM EXTRACTION OF 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

    MONROE, W.H., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOCA AND ISABELA QUADRANGLES, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-565, SCALE 1:20,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DUNE SAND COMPOSED LARGELY OF SHELL FRAGMENTS WITH MINOR 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. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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