Unidentified Limestone Quarry

Past Producer in Puerto Rico, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken

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
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10056989
MRDS ID	TC01201
Record type	Site
Current site name	Unidentified Limestone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-66.45808, 18.07511 (WGS84)
Location accuracy	100(meters)
Relative position	Accuracy +/- 5 Seconds, Accuracy +/- 5 Seconds

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juana Díaz 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)

Geographic areas

Country	State
United States	Puerto Rico

Comments on the location information

CENTER OF LARGE QUARRY AREA.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken	Primary

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

Rio Descalabrado Formation;Cuevas Formation

Rock description

Rio Descalabrado Formation;Cuevas Formation

Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-66.45808, 18.07511	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

DETAILED GEOLOGY BY GLOVER AND MATSON, 1973, SHOWS NORTHWARD COMPRESSIVE SOUTH DIPPING THRUST FAULTS. UPPER MEMBER OF THE JACAGUAS GROUP, BELOW LATE EOCENE UNCONFORMITY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Non-metallic
Significant	No

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	TC01201

Bibliographic references

Deposit

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
Other Database

CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.