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Sierra Bermeja

Past Producer in Lajas county in Puerto Rico, United States with commodity Stone
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056797
MRDS ID TC00949
Record type Site
Current site name Sierra Bermeja

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.10781, 17.99511 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lajas Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Parguera(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Puerto Rico OE S(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern(hydrologic unit)

Puerto Rico(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puerto Rico(hydrologic subregion)

Caribbean(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Puerto Rico Lajas

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ALONG ARROYO CAJUL IN THE SIERRA BERMEJA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Maguayo Porphyry
    Rock description Maguayo Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Mariquita Chert
    Rock description Mariquita Chert
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.10781, 17.99511
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • STONE QUARRY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CABO ROJO-PARGUERA QUADRANGLE, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP, SCALE 1:20,000

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

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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