Arenal

Past Producer in Arecibo county in Puerto Rico, United States with commodity Silica
Sections on this page
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056799
MRDS ID TC00951
Record type Site
Current site name Arenal

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.75114, 18.46509 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Arecibo Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Camuy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Puerto Rico C(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 County
United States Puerto Rico Arecibo

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTHEAST OF BARRANCA ABOUT 0.2 KM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • WHITE, NEARLY PURE FINE QUARTZ.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.75114, 18.46509

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONROE, W.H., 1963, GEOLOGY OF THE CAMUY QUADRANGLE, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE GQ-197, SCALE 1:20,000

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

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.