Unidentified Sand and Gravel Quarry

Producer in Puerto Rico, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056727
MRDS ID TC00792
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Sand and Gravel Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.88559, 17.97289 (WGS84)
Elevation 50
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guánica Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Guanica(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern(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

  • RIO GRANDE DE LOIZA, NEAR KILOMETER MARKER KM 2.4 ALONG ROUTE PR-931, NEAR NAVARRO, GURABO.
  • ENTRANCE ROAD AVAILABLE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GREY

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand and Gravel Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.88559, 17.97289

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Productos De Agregados De Gurabo
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ela

Comments on the production information

  • MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION PERMITTED PER DAY IS 500 CUBIC METERS.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: 0.05

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
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.
Deposit 30 KM X 8 KM X 200-300 M RELIEF. 4 OREBODIES: 2,100 X 100 X 100 M, 950 X 32 X 140 M, 750 X 65 X 50 M, 2,100 X 65 X 170 M.

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-AUG-1991 Kibbe, R.D. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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