| Deposit ID | 10056791 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | TC00943 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Unidentified Limestone Quarry |
| Geographic coordinates: | -66.87004, 18.00761 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Guánica Municipio(county)
Puerto Rico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Yauco(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Puerto Rico C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Southern(hydrologic unit)
Puerto Rico(hydrologic accounting unit)
Puerto Rico(hydrologic subregion)
Caribbean(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Puerto Rico | Guanica |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Limestone, General | Primary |
| Stone, Crushed/Broken | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Limestone | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Parguera Limestone | ||||
| Rock description | Parguera Limestone | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -66.87004, 18.00761 |
|---|
| Thickness | 500M |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | TC00943 |
KRUSHENSKY, R.D., AND MONROE, W.H., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE YAUCO AND PUNTA VERRACO QUADRANGLES, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1147, SCALE 1:20,000
CIMRI
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MASSIVE-APPEARING NONGRADED ROCK WITH RED OR YELLOW OCHER VEINLETS; ABOUT 500 M THICK. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1991 | Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Page, Norman J.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.