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Tajo Azul

Producer in Cartago, Costa Rica with commodity Limestone, General
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10066150
MRDS ID TC42165
Record type Site
Current site name Tajo Azul

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.65547, 9.92165 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 3.5 KM ENE OF TURRIALBA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cartago(province)

Costa Rica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Costa Rica Cartago

Comments on the location information

  • ON NATIONAL GRID COORDINATES: 5743, 2115.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 90% CEMENT MANUFACTURE, 10% SOIL CONDITIONER FROM NEARBY PLANT OF CARBOAZUL, S.A.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result 92-98% CACO3, 0.2-3.6% SIO2, 0.5-1.0% AL2O3, 0.1-0.9% FE2O3, 0.3-0.8% MGO.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Las Animas Formation
    Rock description Las Animas Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.65547, 9.92165
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • BIOCLASTIC LIMESTONES, WELL STRATIFIED BIOSPARITES (MAINLY PACKSTONES).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Industria Nacional De Cemento S. A. (Incsa)

Comments on the production information

  • APPROXIMATE MT PER YEAR. ACTIVE DEVELOPED PRODUCER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BERRANGE, J. P., MATHER, S.J., MORALES, C., NURY, AND ALVARADO V., FERNANDO, 1990, THE NON-METALLIC INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS OF COSTA RICA: SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA, PROYECTO ANGLO-COSTARRICENSE DE MINERALES INDUSTRIALES (PACOMI), 181 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    BERRANGE ET AL (1990).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-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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