El Sauce Quarry

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106628
MRDS ID AR15048
Record type Site
Current site name El Sauce Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -65.12163, -24.41971 (WGS84)
Relative position 33 KM NE OF SALTA

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

  • ON THE NORTHERN BANK OF ARROYO AGUA COLORADO OR EL SAUCE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -65.12163, -24.41971

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on development

  • ; MILL.CAP : 90,000 TPY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DNGM BOL.109 (MAP)

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    DNGM BOL.109 P.36

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SENT TO THE CEMENT PLANT AT HECULES, 11 KM DISTANT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1992 Sow, Thierno U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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