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Unidentified Aggregate Quarry

Producer in Puerto Rico, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, Volcanic Materials
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056683
MRDS ID TC00741
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Aggregate Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -65.95084, 18.35815 (WGS84)
Elevation 100
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carolina Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gurabo(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

  • FINCA DE XAVIER ZEQUIERA INC., ALONG ROUTE PR-853 NEAR KILOMETER MARKER KM 2.3, NEAR BARRAZAS, CAROLINA. SOUTHEAST OF TRUJILLO BAJO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Volcanic Materials Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DEPOSIT WAS INITIALLY REPORTED AS A LIMESTONE OPERATION BUT NO LIMESTONE UNITS ARE FOUND ON GEOLOGIC MAP.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Hato Puerco Formation
    Rock description Hato Puerco Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -65.95084, 18.35815
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THIS QUARRY LIES IN THE BRECCIA MEMBER OF THE HATO PUERCO FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Puerto Rico Aggregates

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Puerto Rico Aggregates
  • Type Owner
    Owner Xavier Zequeira Inc.

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 COARSE-VOLCANIC BRECCIA OF ANDESITIC TO BASALTIC COMPOSITION.
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.; Page, N.J U.S. Geological Survey

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