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Cantera Medina Inc.'s Limestone Quarry

Producer in Puerto Rico, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056721
MRDS ID TC00785
Record type Site
Current site name Cantera Medina Inc.'s Limestone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.1292, 18.45482 (WGS84)
Elevation 125
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Aguadilla Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aguadilla(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Puerto Rico(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

  • FINCA DE VICTORIO MEDINA, NEAR KILOMETER MARKER KM 1.5 ALONG ROUTE PR-459, NEAR CORRALES AGUADILLA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalk 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) -67.1292, 18.45482
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Cantera Medina, Inc.

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cantera Medina, Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Victorio Medina

Comments on the production information

  • MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION PERMITTED PER DAY IS 225 CUBIC METERS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORANGE TO BRIGHT YELLOW CHALK OF THE UPPER MEMBER OF THE AYMAMON LIMESTONE.
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-NOV-1991 Kibbe, R.D.; Page, N.J U.S. Geological Survey

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