Unidentified Aggregate Quarry

Producer in Puerto Rico, United States with commodities Volcanic Materials, Stone, Crushed/Broken

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Land status
Ownership information
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10056706
MRDS ID	TC00767
Record type	Site
Current site name	Unidentified Aggregate Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-65.83973, 18.21455 (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

Humacao(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 PROPIA, NEAR KILOMETER MARKER KM 4.8 ALONG ROUTE PR-936, NEAR BOQUERON, LAS PIEDRAS.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Volcanic Materials	Primary
Stone, Crushed/Broken	Primary

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
Host or associated Host

Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
Host or associated Host

Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-65.83973, 18.21455	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Producer
Commodity type	Non-metallic
Significant	No
Discoverer	Juan Hernandez Vallejo

Land status

Ownership category	Private

Ownership information

Type Owner-Operator

Owner Juan Hernandez Vallejo

Type	Owner-Operator
Owner	Juan Hernandez Vallejo

Comments on the production information

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

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	TC00767

Bibliographic references

Deposit

M'GONIGLE, J.W., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HUMACAO QUADRANGLE, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS SERIES MAP I-1070, SCALE 1:20,000.
Deposit

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

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-1991	Corteza Terrestre/Surface Mining Permits Office	Puerto Rico Department of Natural Resources
Updater	01-AUG-1991	Kibbe, R. D. (Orris, Greta J.)	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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