Unidentified Bentonite Occurrence

Occurrence in Puerto Rico, United States with commodity Bentonite

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10056793
MRDS ID	TC00945
Record type	Site
Current site name	Unidentified Bentonite Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-66.32168, 18.34287 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Corozal Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Corozal(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

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

SOUTHWEST OF COROZAL.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Bentonite	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Bentonite	Ore

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated

Associated

Rock type

Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Eocene
Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Eocene

Host or associated	Associated
Rock type	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
Rock unit name	Ortiz Formation
Rock description	Ortiz Formation

Host or associated Host

Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
Host or associated Host

Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-66.32168, 18.34287	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Non-metallic
Significant	No

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	TC00945

Bibliographic references

Deposit

NELSON, A.E., 1967, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COROZAL QUADRANGLE, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-473, SCALE 1:20,000
Other Database

CIMRI

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	ALTERNATING GREEN TUFFS AND VOLCANIC SANDSTONE AND SILTSTONE.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-NOV-1991	Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Page, Norman J.)	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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