Lomita Blanca Quarry

Producer in La Rioja, Argentina with commodity Stone, Dimension
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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107568
MRDS ID AR10255
Record type Site
Current site name Lomita Blanca Quarry
Alternate or previous names El Rodeo, Santa Clara, Santa Rita, La Negra

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.15551, -30.70966 (WGS84)
Relative position 7 KM SE OF OLTA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Rioja(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina La Rioja

Comments on the location information

  • S OF LA CANDELARIA QUARRY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.15551, -30.70966

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.6M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Manfredi-Romero

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IS 500 MT/MONTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAPA MINERO DE LA PROVINCIA DE RIOJA 1966-1967, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA; SERVICIO DE ECONOMIA MINERIA.

  • Deposit

    SCHALAMUK, I., ET. AL., 1983, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y NO METALIFEROS Y ROCAS DE APLICACION DE LA REGION NOA: MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA, SUBSECRETARIA DE MINERIA, ANALES, VOL. 20, P. 194-195.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    SCHALAMUK, I., ET. AL., 1983, P. 194.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS 6 HA LARGE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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