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Unidentified Silica Sand Mine

Producer 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. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106975
MRDS ID TC00812
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Silica Sand Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.32863, 18.45482 (WGS84)
Elevation 12
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

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

  • FINCA DE AUT. DE TERRENOS, NEAR KILOMETER MARKER KM 3.6 ALONG ROUTE PR-690, NEAR SABANA, VEGA ALTA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.32863, 18.45482
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Guaraguao Sand And Gravel

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Guaraguao Sand And Gravel
  • Type Owner
    Owner Autoridad De Terrenos

Comments on the production information

  • MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION PERMITTED PER DAY IS 250 CUBIC METERS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FILES OF THE CORTEZA TERRESTRE (SURFACE MINING PERMITS OFFICE), PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, 1991.

  • 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.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MONROE, 1963.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WHITE, NEARLY PURE, FINE- TO VERY FINE-GRAINED QUARTZ SAND IS LOOSELY CEMENTED BY YELLOW CLAY AND IN MOST PLACES FORMS LOW DUNES AND BLOW-OUT DEPRESSIONS. SAND IS 1-3 M THICK.
Deposit THE RECORD NUMBER IN THE FILE LINK ID FIELD, WITH A PREFIX OF 'FP' OR 'R' IS THE MINING PERMIT NUMBER ASSIGNED TO THAT SITE BY THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO SURFACE MINING PERMITS OFFICE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1991 Corteza Terrestre/Surface Mining Permits Office Puerto Rico Department of Natural Resources
Updater 01-AUG-1991 Kibbe, R. D. (Orris, Greta J.) 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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