Unidentified Aggregate Quarry

Past Producer in Puerto Rico, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
Sections on this page
  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 10056963
MRDS ID TC01159
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Aggregate Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -65.78278, 18.15122 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humacao Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Humacao(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Puerto Rico(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

  • NORTH OF HIGHWAY 3, SOUTH OF BAJANDAS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CRUSHED ROCK FOR FILL, ROAD METAL, AND AGGREGATE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Rio Abajo
    Rock description Rio Abajo
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -65.78278, 18.15122

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TUFF, VOLCANIC SANDSTONE INTERBEDDED WITH VOLCANIC BRECCIA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1991 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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