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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 10056953
MRDS ID TC01144
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Limestone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.4803, 18.42954 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 50(meters)

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

  • ONE OF FOUR QUARRIES LOCATED ABOUT 0.3 KM SOUTH OF CORDOVA DAVILA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED AS TERRAZO CHIPS, CONCRETE AGGREGATE, AND FILL.

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 Aymamon Limestone
    Rock description Aymamon Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.4803, 18.42954
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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

    MONROE, W.H., 1971, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MANATI QUADRANGLE, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-671, SCALE 1:20,000

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERY PURE FOSSILIFEROUS LIMESTONE, MASSIVE TO THICK BEDDED, LOCALLY DOLOMITIZED IN NEAR COAST SURFACE.

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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