Unidentified Aggregate 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	10056876
MRDS ID	TC01051
Record type	Site
Current site name	Unidentified Aggregate Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-66.02778, 18.37426 (WGS84)
Location accuracy	50(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trujillo Alto Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aguas Buenas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eastern(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

500 M NORTHWEST OF PUEBLO SECO.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken	Primary

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated

Host

Rock type

Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Paleocene
Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Paleocene

Host or associated Host

Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Rock unit name	Guaracanal Andesite
Rock description	Guaracanal Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-66.02778, 18.37426	ListMap

Economic information

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	TC01051

Bibliographic references

Deposit

PEASE, M.H., JR., 1968, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE AGUAS BUENAS QUADRANGLE, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-479, SCALE 1:20,000
Other Database

CIMRI

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	600 M THICK WITH FRESH CRYSTALS OF BLACK HORNBLENDE

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-NOV-1991	Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Pierce, Herbert A.)	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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