Piedramar Quarry

Producer in Entre Rios, Argentina with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
Sections on this page
  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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004393
MRDS ID AR06048
Record type Site
Current site name Piedramar Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -58.15862, -32.05046 (WGS84)
Relative position 13.5 KM S55E OF PALMAR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Entre Rios(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Entre Rios

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Ubajay Formation
    Rock description Ubajay Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -58.15862, -32.05046

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Piedramar S.R.L.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DIRECCION NACIONAL DE ECONOMIA MINERA, 1976, MAPA MINERO, PROVINCIA DE ENTRE RIOS, 1:750,000 GENTILI, C.A. AND RIMOLDI, H.V., 1979, MESOPOTAMIA, IN SEGUNDO SIMPOSIO DE GEOLOGIA REGIONAL ARGENTINA; CORDOBA, ACADAMIA NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS DE CORDOBA, VOL.I, P. 218

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SILICEOUS GRAVEL AND COBBLES WITH SAND AND CLAY MATRIX

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1993 Long, Kr U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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