Mine detail: Unidentified Silica Quarry

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Location: Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean
Lat / long: 18.45065, -66.44668
dep_id: 10056744
mrds_id: TC00811
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silica
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Sedimentary
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
Reporter: Corteza Terrestre/Surface Mining Permits Office, Kibbe, R. D. And Carbonaro, M.M.
hrock_type: Sand and Gravel
discr: Orlando Rodriguez Y/0 Dr. Arturo Pinto Rosado
References:
  • Deposit:: FILES OF THE CORTEZA TERRESTRE (SURFACE MINING PERMITS OFFICE), PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, 1991.
  • Deposit:: MONROE, W.H., 1962, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MANATI QUADRANGLE, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-334, SCALE 1:20,000.
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