Mine detail: Unidentified Sand Quarry

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Location: Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean
Lat / long: 18.05484, -65.91334
dep_id: 10056684
mrds_id: TC00742
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Sand and Gravel, Construction
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Sand
Reporter: Corteza Terrestre/Surface Mining Permits Office, Kibbe, R. D. And Carbonaro, M.M.
hrock_type: Alluvium
discr: Jose A. Jurado Ortiz
References:
  • Deposit:: RECORDS OF THE CORTEZA TERRESTRE (SURFACE MINING PERMITS OFFICE), PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RECOURCES, 1991.
  • Deposit:: ROGERS, C.L., CRAM, C.M., PEASE, M.H., JR., AND TISCHLER, M.S., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE YABUCOA AND PUNTA TUNA QUADRANGLES, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS SERIES MAP I-1086, SCALE 1:20,000.
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