Mine detail: Unidentified Aggregate Quarry

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Location: Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean
Lat / long: 18.33871, -66.13724
dep_id: 10056661
mrds_id: TC00714
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Volcanic Materials
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Tuff
Reporter: Corteza Terrestre/Surface Mining Permits Office, Kibbe, R.D.; Allen, M.S.
hrock_unit: Cancel Breccia
hrock_type: Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
discr: Terrassa Aggregates
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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