Mine detail: Cantera Hipodrom* Volcanic Sand Working

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Location: Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean
Lat / long: 18.37982, -66.91059
dep_id: 10056675
mrds_id: TC00731
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Volcanic Materials
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
Reporter: Corteza Terrestre/Surface Mining Permits Office, Kibbe, R. D. (Orris, Greta J.)
hrock_type: Basalt
discr: Cantera Hipodromo
References:
  • Deposit:: RECORDS OF THE CORTEZA TERRESTRE (SURFACE MINING PERMITS OFFICE), PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, 1991.
  • Deposit:: SEIDERS, V.M., 1971, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GURABO QUADRANGLE, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-657, SCALE 1:20,000.
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