Unidentified Aggregate Quarry

Producer in Puerto Rico, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056729
MRDS ID TC00794
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Aggregate Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.94115, 18.0965 (WGS84)
Elevation 150
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sabana Grande Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sabana Grande(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Puerto Rico C(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

  • NEAR KILOMETER MARKER KM. 3.8 ON ROUTE PR-364 IN BARRIO OF RINCON, TOWN OF SABANA GRANDE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MARKED BY IRON HYDROXIDES
  • AGGREGATE, IGNEOUS?

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.94115, 18.0965

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Manuel J. Pagan

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Manuel J. Pagan

Comments on the production information

  • (1) VILLICUM; (2) EL VOLCAN
  • THE MINING PERMIT ALLOWS FOR MAXIMUM EXTRACTION OF 375 CUBIC METERS PER DAY.

Comments on the workings information

  • EL VOLCAN = 70 X 30 X 70 M

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: TITRATION PLANT. VILLICUM PLANT PRODUCES 9.38 MM SIZE FOR USE IN ELECTRONIC OVENS, & 2-15MM SIZE FOR USE IN STEEL MILLS. VOLCAN HAS OWN PIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RECORDS 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 BEDS AT EL VILLICUM ARE .3 TO 1.0 M THICK

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. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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