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Unidentified Sand and Gravel Workings

Past Producer in Puerto Rico, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056959
MRDS ID TC01154
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Sand and Gravel Workings

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.25057, 18.37954 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Toa Alta Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vega Alta(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

  • SITE INCLUDES A NUMBER OF PITS IN AN APPROXIMATE 0.75 SQ KM AREA ON THE FLOODPLAIN OF RIO DE LA PLATA 0.5 KM SOUTH OF TOA ALTA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAND AND GRAVEL USED IN CONCRETE AGGREGATE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand and Gravel Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.25057, 18.37954
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONROE, W.H., 1963, GEOLOGY OF THE VEGA ALTA QUADRANGLE, PUERTO RICO: U.S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP GQ-191, SCALE 1:20,000

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOST MATERIAL DERIVED FROM VOLCANIC ROCKS TO THE SOUTH; PATCHY SLIGHTLY SANDY CLAY MAY COVER FLOODPLAIN.

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

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