Mine detail: Unidentified Sand and Gravel Quarry

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Location: Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean
Lat / long: 18.10344, -65.81889
dep_id: 10056752
mrds_id: TC00822
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
Reporter: Corteza Terrestre/Surface Mining Permits Office, Kibbe, R. D. (Orris, Greta J.)
hrock_type: Alluvium
discr: P. R. Lawn & Nursery
References:
  • Deposit:: FILES OF THE CORTEZA TERRESTRE (SURFACE MINING PERMITS OFFICE), PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, 1991.
  • Deposit:: ROGERS, C.L., 1977, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUNTA GUAYANES QUADRANGLE, SOUTHEASTERN PUERTO RICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS SERIES MAP I-998, SCALE 1:20,000.
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