Cantera Montegrande's Quarry

Producer in Puerto Rico, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General

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	10056719
MRDS ID	TC00782
Record type	Site
Current site name	Cantera Montegrande's Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-67.12865, 18.08123 (WGS84)
Elevation	70
Location accuracy	5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cabo Rojo Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Puerto Real(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Puerto Rico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Culebrinas-Guanajibo(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. 1.7 ON ROUTE PR-313 IN BARRIO OF MONTE GRANDE, TOWN OF CABO ROJO.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken	Primary
Limestone, General	Primary

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated

Host

Rock type

Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Rock unit name

Cotui Limestone

Rock description

Cotui Limestone

Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Late Cretaceous
Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-67.12865, 18.08123	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category	Private

Ownership information

Type Owner-Operator

Owner Cantera Montegrande

Type	Owner-Operator
Owner	Cantera Montegrande

Comments on the production information

THE MINING PERMIT ALLOWS FOR MAXIMUM EXTRACTION OF 200 CUBIC METERS PER DAY.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	TC00782

Bibliographic references

Deposit

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

VOLCKMANN, R.P., 1984, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUERTO REAL QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWEST PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS SERIES MAP I-1559, 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.
Deposit	MEDIUM- TO BROWNISH-GRAY, THICK-BEDDED TO MASSIVE BIOCLASTIC LIMESTONE.

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. (Orris, Greta J.)	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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