El Borbollon

Past Producer in Mendoza, Argentina with commodity Clay
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Workings at the site
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004966
MRDS ID AR11161
Record type Site
Current site name El Borbollon

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -68.60782, -34.59575 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mendoza(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Mendoza

Comments on the location information

  • 1 KM WEST OF BORBOLLON, 300 M WEST OF RT 40.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -68.60782, -34.59575

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Compania Sud Americana De Cemento Portland

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Area 4HA
    Length 100M
    Overall depth 7M
    Overall width 80M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANGELELLI, V., ET.AL., 1980, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y NO METALIFEROS Y ROCAS DE APLICACION DE LA REGION CENTRO CUYO: MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA, SUBSECRETARIA DE MINERIA, ANALES, VOL. 19,P. 34

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1993 Venable, Margaret U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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