Mine detail: Unidentified Sand Quarry

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Location: Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean
Lat / long: 18.29649, -66.21335
dep_id: 10056657
mrds_id: TC00710
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Sand and Gravel, Construction
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Sand
alteration: Terrace Deposits Are Hydrothermally Altered.
Reporter: Corteza Terrestre/Surface Mining Permits Office, Kibbe, R. D. And Carbonaro, M.M.
discr: Jorge Tirado Erazo
References:
  • Deposit:: RECORDS OF THE CORTEZA TERRESTRE (SURFACE MINING PERMITS OFFICE), PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, 1991.
  • Deposit:: PEASE, M.H., 1968, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE NARANJITO QUADRANGLE, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-508, SCALE 1:20,000.
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