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Mbocayaty Quarry

Producer in Paraguay with commodity Stone
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  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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062497
MRDS ID TC35979
Record type Site
Current site name Mbocayaty Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -56.3614, -25.70049 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Paraguay(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Paraguay

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Analytical data

Result SHONKINITE (ANALCIME) 50.41% SIO2, 11.7% AL2O3, 3.50% FE2O3, 5.5% FEO, 9.23% MGO, 7.73% CAO, 2.31% NA2O, 7.10% K2O, 0.12 H2O-, 0.76% H2O +, 1.61% TIO2, 0.41% P2O5, 0.12% SO3, 0.03% S, 0.14% MNO, 0.20% BAO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Alkalic Intrusive Rock > Nepheline Syenite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -56.3614, -25.70049
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE IN 1952.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

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