Mine detail: Unidentified Limestone Quarry

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Location: Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean
Lat / long: 18.08428, -67.10781
dep_id: 10056709
mrds_id: TC00771
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Limestone, General
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Sedimentary
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Limestone
Reporter: Corteza Terrestre/Surface Mining Permits Office, Kibbe, R.D.; And Page, N.J
hrock_unit: Yauco Formation
hrock_type: Siltstone,Conglomerate,Limestone,Tuff
discr: Cantera Bravo
References:
  • Deposit:: FILES OF THE CORTEZA TERRESTRE (SURFACE MINING PERMITS OFFICE), PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, 1991.
  • Deposit:: VOLCKMANN, R.P., 1984, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SAN GERMAN QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-558, SCALE 1:20,000.
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