Cascajo

Past Producer in Puerto Rico, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057031
MRDS ID TC01265
Record type Site
Current site name Cascajo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.15587, 18.0015 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cabo Rojo Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Puerto Real(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Puerto Rico(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

  • EAST OF ROUTE 103, SOUTH OF LAS ARENAS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CASCAJO MEANS GRAVEL.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.15587, 18.0015

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1991 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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