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Unidentified Limestone Quarry

Past Producer in Puerto Rico, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  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 10104343
MRDS ID TC01163
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Limestone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.59891, 18.04761 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ponce Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ponce(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

  • NORTHWEST OF JARDINES DE PONCE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED FOR ROAD METAL AND CONCRETE AGGREGATE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Rock unit name Juana Diaz Formation
    Rock description Juana Diaz Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.59891, 18.04761
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE QUARRY PLOTS IN THE DETRITAL UNIT OF THE JUANA DIAZ FORMATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE IN 1971.

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

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