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Unidentified Limestone Quarry

Producer in Puerto Rico, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056691
MRDS ID TC00750
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Limestone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.59364, 18.02095 (WGS84)
Elevation 20

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ponce Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ponce(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Puerto Rico C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern(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 ALBERTO CASTRO/CARMEN TORNOS, CALLE ALCACIA, SEC. BLANCAS, BO. SABANETAS PONCE. WEST SIDE OF HILL EAST OF RIO BUCANA, WEST OF VILLA ESPERANZA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED FOR ROAD METAL AND AGGREGATE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Calcarenite
    Rock unit name Ponce Limestone
    Rock description Ponce Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.59364, 18.02095
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Jose Carro Cabrera

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Jose Carro Cabrera
  • Type Owner
    Owner Castro, Alberto
  • Type Owner
    Owner Tornos, Carmen

Comments on the production information

  • MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION PERMITTED PER DAY IS 2500 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.
Deposit THICKLY BEDDED, RUBBLY FOSSILIFEROUS CALCARENITE.

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 And Pierce, H.A. U.S. Geological Survey

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