Unidentified Andesite Quarry

Past Producer in Puerto Rico, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10056783
MRDS ID	TC00935
Record type	Site
Current site name	Unidentified Andesite Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-66.19029, 17.9865 (WGS84)
Location accuracy	50(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guayama Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Central Aguirre(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

1 KM NORTHEAST OF SAN FELIPE.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Andesite	Ore

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-66.19029, 17.9865	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

UNIT KCF.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Non-metallic
Significant	No

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	TC00935

Bibliographic references

Deposit

BERRYHILL, H.L., JR., 1960, GEOLOGY OF THE CENTRAL AGUIRRE QUADRANGLE, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-318, SCALE 1:20,000
Other Database

CIMRI

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	DARK GREEN-GRAY ANDESITE.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-NOV-91	Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Allen, Michael S.)	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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