Mine detail: Empresas Terrass* Sand and Gravel Quarry

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Location: Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean
Lat / long: 18.45065, -66.32446
dep_id: 10056748
mrds_id: TC00818
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Sedimentary
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Limestone, Sand and Gravel
Reporter: Corteza Terrestre/Surface Mining Permits Office, Kibbe, R. D. (Orris, Greta J.)
hrock_unit: Aymamon Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
discr: Empresas Terrassa
References:
  • Deposit:: FILES OF THE CORTEZA TERRESTRE (SURFACE MINING PERMITS OFFICE), PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, 1991.
  • Deposit:: MONROE, W.H., 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE VEGA ALTA QUADRANGLE, PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP GQ-191, SCALE 1:20,000.
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