Granito Azul Quarry

Producer in Cordoba, 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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061554
MRDS ID TC34466
Record type Site
Current site name Granito Azul Quarry
Alternate or previous names Grancor, S.A.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -64.64796, -32.13216 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 18 KM W OF AMBOY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cordoba(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Cordoba

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GRANULITE FACIES PELITIC ROCK CONSISTING OF MEDIUM-COARSE GRAINED CORDIERITE,GARNET, BOITITE, K-FELDSPAR, OLIGOCLASE, SILLIMANITE, QUARTZ

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Granulite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -64.64796, -32.13216

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Grancor, S. A.
    First year 1993

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • IN MAY 1993 THERE WERE 125-150 QUARRIED BLOCKS UP TO 2X2X1 M IN SIZE HELD IN RESERVE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAGE, N.J., FIELD EXAMINATION, MAY 1993

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    PAGE (1993).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-93 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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