Laguna Tortuguero Area Silica Sand

Past Producer in Puerto Rico, United States with commodity Silica

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	10056941
MRDS ID	TC01123
Record type	Site
Current site name	Laguna Tortuguero Area Silica Sand

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-66.44085, 18.46509 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Manatí Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manati(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
United States	Puerto Rico

Comments on the location information

MINED MANY PLACES NORTH OF ROUTE 2.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Silica	Primary

Comments on the commodity information

SAND PITS 1-2 M DEEP; 99.5% SIO2; 0.15% FE, PRODUCED FOR GLASS-FACTORY IN SAN JUAN.

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Sand	Ore

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-66.44085, 18.46509	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	TC01123

Bibliographic references

Deposit

MONROE, W.H., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE MANATI QUADRANGLE, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-334, SCALE 1:20,000
Other Database

CIMRI

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	UNCONSOLIDATED FINE-TO FINE-GRAINED PURE WHITE QUARTZ SAND.

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.