Las Cuevas Quarry

Producer in Salta, Argentina with commodity Travertine
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  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 10005370
MRDS ID AR15195
Record type Site
Current site name Las Cuevas Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -65.98971, -24.43194 (WGS84)
Relative position 14 KM S O F INCAHUASI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salta(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Salta

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Travertine Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LOCALLY KNOWN AS "MARMOL-ONIX"

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Travertine Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 270
USGS model code 35d
Deposit model name Travertine

Nearby scientific data

(1) -65.98971, -24.43194

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.5M
    Length 700M
    Width 200M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAPA MINERO DEL PROVINCIAS DE SALTA Y JUJUY. 1973, MINISTERO DE ECONOMIA; REPUBLICA ARGENTINA. SCHALAMUK, I., ET AL., 1983, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES NO METALIFEROS Y ROCAS DE APLICACION DE LA REGION NOA: MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA; SUBSCRETARIA DE MINERIA; ANALES, VOL. 20, P. 186

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    SCHALAMUK, I., ET AL., 1983, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES NO METALIFEROS Y ROCAS DE APLICACION DE LA REGION NOA: MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA; SUBSCRETARIA DE MINERIA; ANALES, VOL. 20, P. 187.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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