Mine detail: Unidentified Limestone Quarry

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Location: Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean
Lat / long: 18.43259, -66.33974
dep_id: 10056654
mrds_id: TC00707
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Limestone, General
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Sedimentary
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Limestone
Reporter: Corteza Terrestre/Surface Mining Permits Office, Orris, Greta J.
hrock_unit: Aguada Limestone; Aymamon Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
discr: Amanda Aquiles Vda. Lopez
References:
  • Deposit:: FILES OF THE CORTEZA TERRESTRE (SURFACE MINING PERMITS OFFICE), PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, 1991.
  • Deposit:: MONROE, W.H., 1963, GEOLOGY OF THE VEGA ALTA QUADRANGLE, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP GQ-191, SCALE 1:20,000.
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