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Unidentified Sand and Gravel Workings

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 10056759
MRDS ID TC00831
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Sand and Gravel Workings

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.08698, 18.14234 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Germán Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rosario(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

  • RIO ROSARIO, NEAR KILOMETER MARKER KM 166.7 ALONG ROUTE PR-2, (LADO DERECHO) NEAR LAVADERO Y DUEY ABAJO, HORMIGUEROS.

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.08698, 18.14234
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • UNIT QAL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Carlos Binet Marquez

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Carlos Binet Marquez
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ela

Comments on the production information

  • MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION PERMITTED PER DAY IS 500 CUBIC METERS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POORLY TO MODERATELY SORTED AND MODERATELY TO WELL BEDDED SAND, SILT, AND GRAVEL. MINE SITE IS APPROXIMATELY 1 KM LONG.
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. And Carbonaro, M.M. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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