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Unidentified Limestone Quarries

Producer in Puerto Rico, United States with commodities Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106963
MRDS ID TC00725
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Limestone Quarries

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.0864, 18.31898 (WGS84)
Elevation 170
Location accuracy 50(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aguas Buenas(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
United States Puerto Rico

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR KILOMETER MARKER KM. 23.6 ON ROUTE PR-1 IN BARRIO OF RIO, TOWN OF GUAYNABO. NOTE THAT THERE ARE TWO QUARRIES IN THIS RECORD. THE LAT-LONG GIVEN ABOVE IS APPROXIMATELY 0.3 KM NORTH OF ROUTE PR-1. THE FOLLOWING LAT-LONG IS FOR THE OTHER OF THE TWO QUARRIES: LAT 18-19-06N, LONG 066-05-21W. THIS QUARRY IS APPROXIMATELY 0.25 KM NORTH OF ROUTE PR-1.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

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 La Muda Formation
    Rock description La Muda Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.0864, 18.31898
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Canteras De Puerto Rico

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Canteras De Puerto Rico

Comments on the production information

  • THE MINING PERMIT ALLOWS FOR MAXIMUM EXTRACTION OF 400 CUBIC METERS PER DAY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE RECORD NUMBER IN THE FILE LINK ID FIELD, WITH A PREFIX OF 'FP' OR 'R' IS THE MINING PERMIT NUMBER ASSIGNED TO THAT SITE BY THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO SURFACE MINING PERMITS OFFICE.
Deposit GENERALLY < 10 M THICK. ZEOLITES IN VEINS ABOUT 700 M THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-91 Corteza Terrestre/Surface Mining Permits Office Puerto Rico Department of Natural Resources
Updater 01-AUG-91 Kibbe, R.D. (Pierce, Herbert A.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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