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Unidentified 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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056790
MRDS ID TC00942
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.10504, 18.38315 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position Accurate +/- 1 Second

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Moca 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)

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

  • NORTH OF QUEBRADA GRANDE, JUST WEST AT THE MOUTH OF QUEBRADA DULCE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ROCK IS SO HARD THAT IS DIFFICULT TO CRUSH.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.10504, 18.38315
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 10M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • EXTENSIVELY QUARRIED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONROE, W.H., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOCA AND ISABELA QUADRANGLES, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC MISCELLANEOUS MAP I-565, 1:20,000

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLAGIOCLASE AND PYROXENE PHENOCRYSTS; ABOUT 10 M THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-91 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Page, Norman J.) 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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