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Unidentified Sand and Gravel Quarry

Producer in Puerto Rico, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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 10056757
MRDS ID TC00828
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Sand and Gravel Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -65.89667, 18.08261 (WGS84)
Elevation 15

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yabucoa Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yabucoa(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

  • NEAR KM 0.5 ON ROUTE PR-902 IN BARRIO OF LIMONES, TOWN OF YABUCOA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand and Gravel Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -65.89667, 18.08261
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Manuel Vazquez Reyes

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Manuel Vazquez Reyes
  • Type Owner
    Owner Commonwealth Of Puerto Rico

Comments on the production information

  • MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION PERMITTED PER DAY IS 200 CUBIC METERS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ROGERS, C.L., CRAM, C.M., PEASE, M.H., JR., AND TISCHLER, M.S., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE YABUCOA AND PUNTA TUNA QUADRANGLES, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS SERIES MAP I-1086, SCALE 1:20,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS IN THE FLOOD PLAIN OF RIO LIMONES.
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-SEP-1991 Corteza Terrestre/Surface Mining Permits Office U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1991 Kibbe, R.D., And Carbonaro, M.M. U.S. Geological Survey

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