Unidentified Tonalite 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	10104368
MRDS ID	TC01254
Record type	Site
Current site name	Unidentified Tonalite Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-65.84334, 18.02567 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yabucoa Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Punta Guayanes(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

SOUTHWEST OF ESCUELA GUANO, NORTHWEST OF PUNTA YEGUAS.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken	Primary

Comments on the commodity information

USED FOR FILL, ROAD CONSTRUCTION, AGGREGATE, AND RIPRAP.

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated

Host

Rock type

Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite

Rock unit name

Tonalite Facies Of Granodiorite Of San Lorenzo

Rock description

Tonalite Facies Of Granodiorite Of San Lorenzo

Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Late Cretaceous
Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-65.84334, 18.02567	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	TC01254

Bibliographic references

Deposit

ROGERS, C.L., 1977, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUNTA GUAYANES QUADRANGLE, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-998, SCALE 1:20,000
Other Database

CIMRI

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	MEDIUM-GRAINED, UNFOLIATED TONALITE

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.