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Unidentified Limestone 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. 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 10056865
MRDS ID TC01036
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Limestone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.19196, 18.10234 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cayey Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cayey(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Puerto Rico C(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
United States Puerto Rico

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTHWEST OF THE RIO MATON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • EXCELLENT SOURCE FOR A FAIRLY LARGE SUPPLY OF ROAD METAL.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Robles Formation Rio Mat0n Member
    Rock description Robles Formation Rio Mat0n Member
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.19196, 18.10234
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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

  • Deposit

    BERRYHILL, H.L., AND GLOVER, LYNN, 1960, GEOLOGY OF THE CAYEY QUADRANGLE, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-319, SCALE 1:20,000

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NONBEDDED TO MEDIUM BEDDED BIOCLASTIC LIMESTONE ABOUT 50 M THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1991 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Bliss, James D.) 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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