1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Inca Quarry

Past Producer in Catamarca, Argentina with commodity Travertine
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004250
MRDS ID AR01054
Record type Site
Current site name Inca Quarry
Related records 10097610

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.20362, -26.10081 (WGS84)
Relative position 16 KM ESE OF ANTOFAGASTA DE LA SIERRA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Catamarca(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Catamarca

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE W BANK OF RIO COLORADO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Travertine Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LOCALLY KNOWN AS "MARMOL-ONIX"

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Travertine Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 270
USGS model code 35d
Deposit model name Travertine

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.20362, -26.10081
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE-SW
    Dip 30NW
    Thickness 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Espinosa Hnos.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHALAMUK, I., ET.A., 1983, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y NO METALIFEROS Y ROCAS DE APLICACION DE LA REGION NOA: MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA, SUBSECRETARIA DE MINERIA, ANALES, VOL. 20, P. 177-178. MAPA MINERO PROVINCIAS DE CATAMARCA Y TUCUMAN, 1966, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERA, SERVICIO DE ECONOMIA MINERIA

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    SCHALAMUK, I., ET.AL., 1983, P. 177-178.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE LOWER LAYER OF THE DEPOSIT HAS HIGHER QUALITY TRAVERTINE COMPARED TO THE TOP LAYER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1993 Sow, Thierno U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Maps centered on this site