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Jocarlrick Quarries Corp.'s Limestone Quarry

Producer in Puerto Rico, United States with commodity Limestone, High Calcium
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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 10106967
MRDS ID TC00755
Record type Site
Current site name Jocarlrick Quarries Corp.'s Limestone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.41946, 18.43565 (WGS84)
Elevation 70
Location accuracy 50(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Vega Baja Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manati(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cibuco-Guajataca(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. 7.7 ON ROUTE PR-670 IN BARRIO OF ALGARROBO, TOWN OF VEGA BAJA. EAST OF COLONIA COMBATE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, High Calcium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED AS AGRICULTURAL LIME AND CONCRETE AGGREGATE.

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 Aymamon Limestone
    Rock description Aymamon Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.41946, 18.43565
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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 Jocarlrick Quarries Corp.

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Jocarlrick Quarries Corp.

Comments on the production information

  • THE MINING PERMIT ALLOWS FOR MAXIMUM EXTRACTION OF 500 CUBIC METERS PER DAY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERY PURE LIMESTONE
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.

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. And Page, N. J. U.S. Geological Survey

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