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Ladrillera Inca Quarry

Producer in San Jose, Costa Rica with commodity Brick Clay
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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 10066171
MRDS ID TC42190
Record type Site
Current site name Ladrillera Inca Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.06798, 9.88331 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Jose(province)

Costa Rica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Costa Rica San Jose

Comments on the location information

  • ON NATIONAL COORDINATES: 5291, 2073, SOUTH OF DESAMPARADOS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Brick Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RELATIVELY LOW STRENGTH BROWN COLORED CLAY.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolinite Ore
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Volcanic Ash
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.06798, 9.88331
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Ladrillera Inca

Comments on the production information

  • APPROXIMATE ANNUAL PRODUCTION.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ON SITE RESERVES NEAR EXHAUSTED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    BERRANGE ET AL (1990).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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