Unidentified Gravel Pit

Producer in Puerto Rico, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10110050
MRDS ID	TC01203
Record type	Site
Current site name	Unidentified Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-66.39974, 18.00178 (WGS84)
Location accuracy	100(meters)
Relative position	ALONG THE RIO CUOMO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Isabel Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rio Descalabrado(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

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Gravel	Ore

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
Host or associated Host

Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-66.39974, 18.00178	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

DETAILED GEOLOGY BY GLOVER AND MATSON, 1973, SHOWS NORTHWARD COMPRESSIVE SOUTH DIPPING THRUST FAULTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Producer
Commodity type	Non-metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	TC01203

Bibliographic references

Deposit

GLOVER, LYNN, III, AND MATSON, P.H., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE RIO DESCALABRADO QUADRANGLE, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-735, SCALE 1:20,000
Other Database

CIMRI

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	QUAT RIVER GRAVEL

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-NOV-91	Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Staude, John-Mark G.)	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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