Mine detail: Cantera Carraiz* Aggregate Workings

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Location: Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean
Lat / long: 18.33593, -66.01834
dep_id: 10056670
mrds_id: TC00726
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Stone, Crushed/Broken
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
orebody_fm: TABULAR, LENSELIKE
Reporter: Corteza Terrestre/Surface Mining Permits Office, Kibbe, R.D. (Pierce, Herbert A.)
hrock_unit: Corraizo Breccia
hrock_type: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Andesite
discr: Cantera Carraizo
References:
  • Deposit:: FILES OF THE CORTEZA TERRESTRE (SURFACE MINING PERMITS OFFICE), PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, 1991.
  • Deposit:: PEASE, M.H., JR., 1968, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE AGUAS BUENAS QUADRANGLE, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-479, SCALE 1:20,000.
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