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Unidentified Tuff Quarry

Past Producer in Coamo county in Puerto Rico, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056787
MRDS ID TC00939
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Tuff Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.40668, 18.19594 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orocovis(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Orocovis(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Puerto Rico(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puerto Rico(hydrologic subregion)

Caribbean(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Puerto Rico Coamo

Comments on the location information

  • WEST SIDE OF HIGHWAY 155 BETWEEN OROCOVIS AND ESCUELA SEGUNDA UNIDAD DE BAUTA IN SALTOS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ENGINEERING CHARACTERISTICS ARE THAT ROCK IS POOR FOR RIPRAP AND AGGREGATE; GOOD AS FILL.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tuff Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Torreculla Breccia
    Rock description Torreculla Breccia
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.40668, 18.19594
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS IN BARROS TUFF MEMBER OF TORRECULLA BRECCIA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

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Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INTERBEDDED OR BLOCKS OF THIN-BEDDED TUFFACEOUS SANDSTONE AND SILTSTONE; MAY BE 100 M THICK.

Reporter information

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

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