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Unidentified Sand and Gravel Quarry

Producer in Puerto Rico, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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 10056676
MRDS ID TC00733
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Sand and Gravel Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -65.88973, 18.17983 (WGS84)
Elevation 110
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Las Piedras Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Juncos(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

  • NEAR KILOMETER MARKER KM. 19.1 ON ROUTE PR-183 IN BARRIO OF MONTONES I, TOWN OF LAS PIEDRAS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NOTE THAT THE COMMODITY IS REPORTED AS SAND AND GRAVEL, HOWEVER, THE LOCATION PLOTS IN A PLUTONIC IGNEOUS BODY ON THE GEOLOGIC MAP.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand and Gravel Ore
Biotite Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Orthoclase Gangue
Plagioclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -65.88973, 18.17983
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARRY PLOTS IN IGNEOUS UNIT TKGD. THE HOST ROCK GRANODIORITE IS DESCRIBED AS A LIGHT-MEDIUM GRAY, MEDIUM-GRAINED ROCK; PLAGIOCLASE, QUARTZ, AND ORTHOCLASE PREDOMINATE; HORNBLENDE AND BIOTITE COMMON; LOCALLY GRADES INTO QUARTZ DIORITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Carlos R. Garcia Perez

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Carlos R. Garcia Perez

Comments on the production information

  • THE MINING PERMIT ALLOWS FOR MAXIMUM EXTRACTION OF 100 CUBIC METERS PER DAY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BROEDAL, C.H., 1961, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP SHOWING IRON AND COPPER PROSPECTS IN THE JUNCOS QUADRANGLE, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-326, SCALE 1:20,000.

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-JUL-1991 Corteza Terrestre/Surface Mining Permits Office Puerto Rico Department of Natural Resources
Updater 01-AUG-1991 Kibbe, R. D. And Carbonaro, M.M. 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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