Unidentified Diorite 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
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	10056863
MRDS ID	TC01033
Record type	Site
Current site name	Unidentified Diorite Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-66.05918, 18.01484 (WGS84)
Location accuracy	100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Arroyo Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Patillas(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)

Geographic areas

Country	State
United States	Puerto Rico

Comments on the location information

WEST OF RIO NIGUA.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken	Primary

Comments on the commodity information

AGGREGATE

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated

Host

Rock type

Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite

Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Late Cretaceous
Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-66.05918, 18.01484	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

UNIT KHD.

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	TC01033

Bibliographic references

Deposit

GLOVER, LYNN, 1982, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PATILLAS AND GUAYAMA QUADRANGLES, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT 82-1097, SCALE 1:20,000
Other Database

CIMRI

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	HORNBLENDE DIORITE, COARSE-GRAINED, MARGINAL PHASE OF THE LORENZO BATHOLITH.

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.