Mine detail: Unidentified Sand Quarry

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Location: Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean
Lat / long: 18.46732, -66.5328
dep_id: 10056690
mrds_id: TC00749
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Sand and Gravel, Construction
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Sand
Reporter: Kibbe, R. D. (Orris, Greta J.), Corteza Terrestre/Surface Mining Permits Office
hrock_type: Alluvium
discr: Municipio De Barceloneta
References:
  • Deposit:: RECORDS OF THE CORTEZA TERRESTRE (SURFACE MINING PERMITS OFFICE), PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
  • Deposit:: BRIGGS, R.P., 1965, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BARCELONETA QUADRANGLE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-421, SCALE 1:20,000.
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