Mine detail: Unidentified Sand and Gravel Quarry

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Location: Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean
Lat / long: 18.30622, -66.14113
dep_id: 10056660
mrds_id: TC00713
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Sand and Gravel, Construction
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Sand and Gravel
Reporter: Kibbe, R.D.; Carbonaro, M.M., Corteza Terrestre/Surface Mining Permits Office
hrock_type: Alluvium
discr: Arenero Estrella, Inc.
References:
  • Deposit:: FILES 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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