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Unidentified Quarry

Past Producer 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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056895
MRDS ID TC01074
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.36002, 18.0415 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 50(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coamo Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coamo(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

  • ONE OF TWO QUARRIES SOUTH OF LAS FLORES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOOD FILL BUT NOT RECOMMENDED AS CONCRETE AGGREGATE OR FOR BASE COARSE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • 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 Coamo Formation
    Rock description Coamo Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.36002, 18.0415
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GLOVER, III, LYNN, 1961, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE COAMO QUADRANGLE, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-335, 1:20,000

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DARK-GRAY TO GREENISH-BLACK, CRUDELY STRATIFIED TO UNSTRATIFIED; FRIABLE WHEN SUBJECT TO SLIGHT TO MODERTE WEATHERING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1991 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Bliss, James D.) U.S. Geological Survey

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