Mine detail: Unidentified Sand and Gravel Quarry

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Location: Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean
Lat / long: 18.07873, -67.01365
dep_id: 10056710
mrds_id: TC00772
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Sand and Gravel, Construction
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Sand and Gravel
orebody_fm: TABULAR, LENTICULAR
Reporter: Corteza Terrestre/Surface Mining Permits Office, Kibbe, R. D. And Page, N. J.
hrock_type: Clay, Mud,Silt,Gravel,Sand and Gravel
discr: Gravero Mayaguezano
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, SOUTHWEST PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-558, SCALE 1:20,000.
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