Mine detail: Unidentified Quartz Diorite Quarry

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Location: Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean
Lat / long: 18.33676, -66.11613
dep_id: 10056671
mrds_id: TC00727
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Stone, Crushed/Broken
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
alteration: Hydrothermal Alteration
Reporter: Corteza Terrestre/Surface Mining Permits Office, Kibbe, R. D. (Orris, Greta J.)
hrock_type: Diorite
arock_type: Diorite
discr: Tocal Construction Corp.
References:
  • Deposit:: RECORDS 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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