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	10056991
MRDS ID	TC01204
Record type	Site
Current site name	Unidentified Limestone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-66.37752, 18.01706 (WGS84)
Location accuracy	50(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Isabel 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

HILL 11.3 KM WEST OF SALINAS ON MAJOR HIGHWAY 52.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken	Primary

Comments on the commodity information

ROAD AGGREGATE FOR HIGHWAY.

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	Ponce Limestone;Cuevas Limestone
Rock description	Ponce Limestone;Cuevas Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-66.37752, 18.01706	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

DETAILED GEOLOGY BY GLOVER AND MATSON, 1973, SHOWS NORTHWARD COMPRESSIVE SOUTH DIPPING THRUST FAULTS.

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	TC01204

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-1991	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.