Mine detail: Unidentified Limestone Quarry

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Location: Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean
Lat / long: 18.02095, -66.59364
dep_id: 10056691
mrds_id: TC00750
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Limestone, General
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Limestone
orebody_fm: TABULAR
Reporter: Corteza Terrestre/Surface Mining Permits Office, Kibbe, R.D.; Page, N.J And Pierce, H.A.
hrock_unit: Ponce Limestone
hrock_type: Calcarenite
discr: Jose Carro Cabrera
References:
  • Deposit:: FILES OF THE CORTEZA TERRESTRE (SURFACE MINING PERMITS OFFICE), PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, 1991.
  • Deposit:: KRUSHENSKY, R.D., AND MONROE, W.H., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PONCE QUADRANGLE, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-863, SCALE 1:20,000.
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