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Pampa Quarry

Past Producer in Salta, Argentina with commodity Travertine
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005355
MRDS ID AR15174
Record type Site
Current site name Pampa Quarry
Alternate or previous names Tia Maria

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.44336, -24.64028 (WGS84)
Elevation 3500
Relative position 120KM S70W OF SAN ANTONIO DE LOS COBRES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salta(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Salta

Comments on the location information

  • 8.5KM S45W OF TOLAR GRANDE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Travertine Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LOCALLY KNOWN AS MARMOL-ONIX OR ONIX-ESMERALDA

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.44336, -24.64028
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET, VEIN
    Strike SUBHORIZONTAL
    Dip SSE
    Thickness 1M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ana Cvitanic

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 150M
    Overall depth 1M
    Overall width 20M

Comments on the workings information

  • IRREGULAR OPEN CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARTA TOPOGRAFICA; REP. OF ARGENTINA PROVINCIAS DE SALTA Y JUJUY; SAN ANTONIO DE LOS COBRES; INSTITUTO GEOGRAFICO MILITAR DNGM, 1983, ANALES NO. 20, P. 184

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEDS OF "ONYX" INDIVIDUALLY 2.3 TO 10 CM THICK, COLLECTIVELY 0.4 TO 1 M THICK CAPPING PYROCLASTIC ROCKS CUT BY SUB-HORIZONTAL VEINS OF ARAGONITE 15 TO 20 CM WIDE.

Reporter information

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

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

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