Unidentified Sand Quarry

Past Producer in Puerto Rico, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction

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	10056842
MRDS ID	TC01001
Record type	Site
Current site name	Unidentified Sand Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-66.50364, 18.47759 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Barceloneta(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Geographic areas

Country	State
United States	Puerto Rico

Comments on the location information

SOUTHWEST OF PTA. BOQULLA, NEAR COAST.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Sand	Ore

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-66.50364, 18.47759	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Non-metallic
Significant	No

Comments on the production information

BRIGGS IDENTIFIES QUARRY AS LARGE.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	TC01001

Bibliographic references

Deposit

BRIGGS, R.P., 1965, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BARCELONETA QUADRANGLE, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-421, SCALE 1:20,000
Other Database

CIMRI

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	MEDIUM TO FINE-GRAINED SAND FROM DUNES, 20 M HIGH.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-OCT-1991	Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Page, Norman J.)	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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