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Cueva Del Rifle

Past Producer in Puerto Rico, United States with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104364
MRDS ID TC01242
Record type Site
Current site name Cueva Del Rifle

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.88644, 18.11456 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 50(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

USGS map quadrangles

Isla de Mona(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Puerto Rico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Puerto Rico

Comments on the location information

  • CAVE ENTRANCE IS NOT SHOWN ON SOURCE MAP; APPROXIMATE LOCATION IS 2.4 KM EAST OF CABO NOROESTE ON THE NORTH COAST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DIAGENETICALLY ALTERED BAT GUANO.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Lirio Limestone
    Rock description Lirio Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.88644, 18.11456
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • COMPOSITE PRODUCTION FROM THE APPROXIMATE 27 CAVES ON THE ISLAND IS ON THE ORDER OF 100,000 CUBIC M.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES SCATTERED AMONG THE APPROXIMATE 27 CAVES ON THE ISLAND IS ON THE ORDER OF 50,000 CUBIC M.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRIGGS, R.P., AND SEIDERS, V.M., 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ISLA DE MONA QUADRANGLE, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-718, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:20,000

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    BRIGGS AND SEIDERS, 1972.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXTENSIVE CAVES ON ISLAND PERIPHERY DEVELOPED IN COMMONLY VERY WELL INDURATED, FINE-GRAINED LIMESTONE; THICK AND VERY THICK BEDDED WITH MAXIMUM EXPOSED THICKNESS OF ABOUT 40 M; CAVE AREA IS BETWEEN 1000 AND 5000 SQ M BASED ON UNPUBLISHED REPORT BY JORGE GONZALAZ, SAN JUAN, PREPARED BETWEEN 1920 AND 1940; CAVE FLOOR WITHIN THE MONA DOLOMITE.

Reporter information

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

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