Unidentified Aggregate 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
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	10056990
MRDS ID	TC01202
Record type	Site
Current site name	Unidentified Aggregate Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-66.49586, 18.06095 (WGS84)
Location accuracy	100(meters)

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

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken	Primary

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated

Host

Rock type

Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Rock unit name

Juana Diaz Formation;Guayo Formation

Rock description

Juana Diaz Formation;Guayo Formation

Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Eocene

Host or associated Host

Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-66.49586, 18.06095	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 EOCENE AGE JACAGUAS GROUP.

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	TC01202

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.