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Unidentified Limestone Quarry

Past Producer in Caguas county in Puerto Rico, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  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 10056831
MRDS ID TC00984
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Limestone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.08002, 18.22566 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Caguas(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Caguas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eastern(hydrologic unit)

Puerto Rico(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puerto Rico(hydrologic subregion)

Caribbean(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Puerto Rico Caguas

Comments on the location information

  • NORTHWEST 200 M FROM SIMILAR QUARRY, NORTHEAST APPROXIMATELY 500 M FROM LA RAMPLA VILLAGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CRUSHED ROCK USED FOR FILL, ROAD METAL, CONCRETE AGGREGATE, AND ROAD BUILDING.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
    Rock unit name Caguas Pluton
    Rock description Caguas Pluton
    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 Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Aguas Buenas Limestone
    Rock description Aguas Buenas Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.08002, 18.22566
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CRUSHED LIMESTONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-91 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Staude, John-Mark G.) U.S. Geological Survey

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