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Rio Construction's Sand and Gravel Quarry

Producer in Guaynabo county 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056754
MRDS ID TC00825
Record type Site
Current site name Rio Construction's Sand and Gravel Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.1189, 18.33398 (WGS84)
Elevation 100

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guaynabo Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aguas Buenas(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 Guaynabo

Comments on the location information

  • FINCA PROPIA, NEAR KILOMETER MARKER KM 1.6 ALONG ROUTE PR-836, NEAR CAMARONES, GUAYNABO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand and Gravel Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.1189, 18.33398
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Rio Construction
Year of last production 1991

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Rio Construction

Comments on the production information

  • MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION PERMITTED PER DAY IS 2000 CUBIC METERS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PEASE, M.H., JR., 1968, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE AGUAS BUENAS QUADRANGLE, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-479, SCALE 1:20,000.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE IS IN AN AREA WHERE CRETACEOUS CAMARONES SANDSTONE AND TERTIARY-CRETACEOUS DIORITE OUTCROP. THE DIORITE IS KNOWN TO WEATHER TO A MICA-BEARING YELLLOW-GRAY SAND. IT IS NOT KNOWN WHICH UNIT IS BEING MINED.
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-SEP-1991 Corteza Terrestre/Surface Mining Permits Office U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1991 Kibbe, R. D. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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