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Unidentified Limestone Quarry

Past Producer in Puerto Rico, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056789
MRDS ID TC00941
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Limestone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.01754, 18.47037 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Isabela Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moca(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Puerto Rico(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

  • ONE OF TWO QUARRIES 1.5 KM EAST, SOUTHEAST OF MORA AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY NO. 2.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • QUARRY SUPPLIED FILL MATERIAL

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.01754, 18.47037
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEP0SIT IS IN UPPER MEMBER OF AYMAMON LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

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General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOSSILIFEROUS LIMESTONE INTERBEDDED WITH CHALK; UNIT IS 50-80 M THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-91 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Bliss, James D.) U.S. Geological Survey

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