Unidentified Sand and Gravel Pit

Producer in Puerto Rico, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106976
MRDS ID TC00824
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Sand and Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -65.95584, 18.37732 (WGS84)
Elevation 8
Location accuracy 50(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carolina Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carolina(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Puerto Rico(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

  • FINCA DE COMMONWEALTH DEV. CORP., NEAR KILOMETER MARKER KM 11.0 ALONG ROUTE PR-3, NEAR MARTIN GONZALEZ, CAROLINA. LOCATED ON BOTH THE CAROLINA QUAD AND THE GURABO QUAD. THE LAT-LONG WAS TAKEN OFF THE CAROLINA QUAD. PITS ALONG THE RIO GRANDE DE LOIZA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand and Gravel Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -65.95584, 18.37732

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • UNIT QA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Hernan Jorge

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hernan Jorge
  • Type Owner
    Owner Finca De Commonwealth Dev. Corp.

Comments on the production information

  • MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION PERMITTED PER DAY IS 500 CUBIC METERS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECENT OR ACTIVE FLOOD PLAIN DEPOSITS OF SAND AND GRAVEL.
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-MAY-91 Corteza Terrestre/Surface Mining Permits Office Puerto Rico Department of Natural Resources
Updater 01-AUG-91 Kibbe, R.D.; Allen, M.S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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