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Las Curenas Quarry

Past Producer in Quiche, Guatemala with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061701
MRDS ID TC34643
Record type Site
Current site name Las Curenas Quarry
Alternate or previous names Las Curenas Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.184, 15.3436 (WGS84)
Elevation 1050

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Quiche(province)

Guatemala(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Guatemala Quiche

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR USPANTAN VILLAGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore

Analytical data

Result 2 SAMPLES: 0.09% AL2O3, 0.51-0.41% SIO2, 31.9-31.76% CAO, < 0.01% TIO2, 0.24-0.29% K2O, 0.51-0.12% MGO, 0.06-0.05% FE2O5, < 0.01% P2O5, 19.80-20.20% H2O +, 19.20-19.30% S.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Coban Formation
    Rock description Coban Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.184, 15.3436
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 300M
    Length 8000M
    Width 2000M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • DEVELOPED PRODUCER, UNKNOWN ACTIVITY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHOU, SUN-AN, 1993, ASSESSMENT REPORT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF NON-METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS IN GUATEMALA: MINING TECHNICAL MISSION FROM ENERGY AND RESOURCE LABORATORIES INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, REPUBLIC OF CHINA, REPORT NO. 06-3-83-006, 196 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1994 Page, Norman J. 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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