Mine detail: Unidentified Sand and Gravel Quarry

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Location: Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean
Lat / long: 18.17983, -65.88973
dep_id: 10056676
mrds_id: TC00733
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Sand and Gravel, Construction
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Sand and Gravel
gangue: Biotite, Hornblende, Orthoclase, Plagioclase, Quartz
Reporter: Corteza Terrestre/Surface Mining Permits Office, Kibbe, R. D. And Carbonaro, M.M.
hrock_type: Diorite
discr: Carlos R. Garcia Perez
References:
  • Deposit:: RECORDS OF THE CORTEZA TERRESTRE (SURFACE MINING PERMITS OFFICE), PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, 1991.
  • Deposit:: BROEDAL, C.H., 1961, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP SHOWING IRON AND COPPER PROSPECTS IN THE JUNCOS QUADRANGLE, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-326, SCALE 1:20,000.
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