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Puerto Vallemi Cement Facilities and Quarry

Producer in Paraguay with commodities Limestone, General, Stone
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  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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062489
MRDS ID TC35969
Record type Site
Current site name Puerto Vallemi Cement Facilities and Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -57.90702, -22.15473 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position AT VALLEMI ON EAST BANK OF RIO PARAGUAY JUST SOUTH OF RIO APA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Paraguay(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Paraguay

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary
Stone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GYPSUM IS IMPORTED; LIMESTONE AND ARGILLACEOUS MATERIAL COME FROM SAME QUARRY

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Itapucumi Series
    Rock description Itapucumi Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -57.90702, -22.15473
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E
    Dip 20S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1952

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Industria Nacional Del Cemento

Comments on the production information

  • 100 TONS/DAY IN 1952.

Comments on development

  • MILL.CAP: 200 THOUSAND TONNES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN 1952 QUARRY FACE WAS 20 M HIGH AND 100-200 M LONG.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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