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Cantera Carraizo's Aggregate Workings

Producer in Puerto Rico, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. 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 10056670
MRDS ID TC00726
Record type Site
Current site name Cantera Carraizo's Aggregate Workings

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.01834, 18.33593 (WGS84)
Elevation 40
Location accuracy 50(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trujillo Alto Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aguas Buenas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Puerto Rico C(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

  • FINCA PROPIA, NEAR KILOMETER MARKER KM 8.1 ALONG ROUTE PR-175, NEAR CARRAIZO, TRUJILLO ALTO. THERE ARE TWO SITES AT THIS LOCATION. THE SECOND LAT LONG IS FOR THE OTHER SITE - LAT 18-20-00N; LONG 066-01-04W. BOTH SITES ARE WEST OF RIO GRANDE DE LOIZA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Rock unit name Corraizo Breccia
    Rock description Corraizo Breccia
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.01834, 18.33593
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, LENSELIKE
    Thickness 1200M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Cantera Carraizo

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cantera Carraizo

Comments on the production information

  • MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION PERMITTED PER DAY IS 1000 CUBIC METERS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
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-91 Corteza Terrestre/Surface Mining Permits Office Puerto Rico Department of Natural Resources
Updater 01-AUG-91 Kibbe, R.D. (Pierce, Herbert A.) 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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