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Marmoles Paonazzo's Quarry

Producer in Caguas county in Puerto Rico, United States with commodity Marble, Dimension
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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 10056749
MRDS ID TC00819
Record type Site
Current site name Marmoles Paonazzo's Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.0814, 18.24233 (WGS84)
Elevation 235
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 2 KM W OF CAGUAS, Acc +/- 10 Seconds

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Caguas(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Caguas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eastern(hydrologic unit)

Puerto Rico(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puerto Rico(hydrologic subregion)

Caribbean(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Puerto Rico Caguas

Comments on the location information

  • FINCA PROPIA, NEAR KILOMETER MARKER KM 55.5 ON EAST SIDE OF ROUTE PR-156, NEAR CANABON, SECTOR LA LIMA, CAGUAS. APPROXIMATELY 500 M SOUTH OF ESCUELA LA LIMA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Marble, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marble Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Caguas Pluton
    Rock description Caguas Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Torrecilla Breccia;Aguas Buenas Limestone Member
    Rock description Torrecilla Breccia;Aguas Buenas Limestone Member

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.0814, 18.24233
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • AGUAS BUENAS LIMESTONE IS A MEMBER OF THE TORRECILLA BRECCIA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Marmoles Paonazzo, Inc.

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Marmoles Paonazzo, Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION PERMITTED PER DAY IS 1000 CUBIC METERS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ROGERS, C.L., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CAGUAS QUADRANGLE, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATION SERIES MAP I-1152, SCALE 1:20,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS IN AGUAS BUENAS LIMESTONE NEAR FAULTED CONTACT WITH BRECCIA.
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. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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