Unidentified Chalk Quarry

Past Producer in Bayamo'n county in Puerto Rico, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10057028
MRDS ID	TC01260
Record type	Site
Current site name	Unidentified Chalk Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-66.17585, 18.41204 (WGS84)
Location accuracy	50(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bayamón Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bayamon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Puerto Rico C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eastern(hydrologic unit)

Puerto Rico(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puerto Rico(hydrologic subregion)

Caribbean(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Puerto Rico	Bayamo'n

Comments on the location information

UPPER PART OF VALLEY SOUTHWEST OF THE CEMENTERIO PORTA COELI IN RIVERVIEW.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken	Primary

Comments on the commodity information

USED FOR FILL.

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated

Host

Rock type

Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Rock unit name

Cibao, Upper Member

Rock description

Cibao, Upper Member

Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-66.17585, 18.41204	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

General form TABULAR

General form	TABULAR

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	TC01260

Bibliographic references

Deposit

MONROE, W.H., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BAYAMON QUADRANGLE, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-751, SCALE 1:20,000
Other Database

CIMRI

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	CHALK, SOFT WITH PALE ORANGE SANDY CLAY.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-NOV-1991	Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Bliss, James D.)	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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