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Empresas Terrassa's Sand and Gravel Quarry

Producer in Puerto Rico, United States with commodities Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056748
MRDS ID TC00818
Record type Site
Current site name Empresas Terrassa's Sand and Gravel Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.32446, 18.45065 (WGS84)
Elevation 45

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Vega Alta Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vega Alta(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cibuco-Guajataca(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 2.4 ALONG ROUTE PR-691, NEAR SABANA, DORADO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary
Limestone, General Primary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • REPORTED AS SAND AND GRAVEL OPERATION BUT WORKINGS ARE IN AYMAMON LIMESTONE AND MORE LIKELY IS MINED FOR THAT UNIT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore
Sand and Gravel Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Aymamon Limestone
    Rock description Aymamon Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.32446, 18.45065
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Empresas Terrassa

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Empresas Terrassa

Comments on the production information

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MONROE, W.H., 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE VEGA ALTA QUADRANGLE, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP GQ-191, SCALE 1:20,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE SITE IS APPROX. 0.75 KM BY 0.5 KM IN SIZE.
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

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