Mine detail: Unidentified Volcanic Rock Quarry

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Location: Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean
Lat / long: 18.36454, -66.22307
dep_id: 10056662
mrds_id: TC00715
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Volcanic Materials
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
Reporter: Corteza Terrestre/Surface Mining Permits Office, Kibbe, R.D.; Carbonaro, M.M.
hrock_unit: El Ocho Formation
hrock_type: Siltstone
discr: Manuel Velilla Perez
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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