| Deposit ID | 10056984 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | TC01196 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Cerro De Las Cuevas Caves |
| Geographic coordinates: | -66.47503, 18.08734 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Villalba Municipio(county)
Puerto Rico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Rio Descalabrado(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)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Puerto Rico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Phosphorus-Phosphates | Primary |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Cuevas Limestone | ||||
| Rock description | Cuevas Limestone | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -66.47503, 18.08734 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | TC01196 |
GLOVER, LYNN, III, AND MATSON, P.H., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE RIO DESCALABRADO QUADRANGLE, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-735, SCALE 1:20,000
CIMRI
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MANY LIMESTONE CAVES WITH GUANO. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-91 | Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Staude, John-Mark G.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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