Cantera Vega Baja

Producer in Arecibo county 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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10157785
MAS/MILS ID 0720020017
Record type Site
Current site name Cantera Vega Baja

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -66.41946, 18.44255 (WGS84)
Elevation 35
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Vega Baja Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manati(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 County
United States Puerto Rico Arecibo

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -66.41946, 18.44255

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Productora De Agregados, Inc.
    ID 5400137
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA PRODUCER LIST 11-4-82

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-83 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 05/14/1975
MSHA mine ID5400137
Mine name (MSHA)Cantera Vega Baja
Current operatorProductora De Agregados Inc
Current controller (parent)Melba Figueroa; Edgar Figueroa
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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