Guanacos Quarry

Producer in Jujuy, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004614
MRDS ID AR08281
Record type Site
Current site name Guanacos Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -65.20691, -24.36278 (WGS84)
Relative position 23 KM S OF SAN PEDRO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jujuy(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Jujuy

Comments on the location information

  • 2 KM N OF THE INTERSECTION OF ARROYO DE QUISTO AND RIO LAVAYEN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Travertine Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Aragonite Ore
Travertine Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -65.20691, -24.36278

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RICCI, S.M., 1973, MAPA MINERO DEL PROVINCIAS DE SALTA Y JUJUY. MINISTERO DE ECONOMIA; REPUBLICA ARGENTINA

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

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.