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Unidentified Silica Sand

Occurrence in Puerto Rico, United States with commodity Silica
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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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056960
MRDS ID TC01155
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Silica Sand

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.32585, 18.45537 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Vega 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)

Cibuco-Guajataca(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 LOW LINEAR RIDGE 2.5 KM LONG AND 0.2 TO 0.6 KM WIDE BETWEEN COMUNIDAD CEIBA AND SAN ANTONIO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • WHITE FINE- TO VERY FINE-GRAIN QUARTZ.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.32585, 18.45537
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES FOR THE LOW HILLS SOUTH OF CIENAGA PRIETA.

Comments on development

  • UNWORKED

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 SAND IS LOOSE, EASILY BLOWN; LOCALLY RESTS ON QUARTZ SAND WITH YELLOW CLAY CONTENT.

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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