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Cantera La Chilena

Past Producer in Cartago, Costa Rica with commodity Limestone, General
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10066151
MRDS ID TC42166
Record type Site
Current site name Cantera La Chilena

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.89464, 9.82165 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position ON NATIONAL GRID COORDINATES: 5481, 2004.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cartago(province)

Costa Rica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Costa Rica Cartago

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PORTLAND CEMENT MANUFACTURE.

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 San Miguel Formation
    Rock description San Miguel Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.89464, 9.82165
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 190M

Comments on the geologic information

  • IMPURE BIOCLASTIC LIMESTONES WITH INTERBEDDED SHALES, SEQUENCE UP TO 190 M THICK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Industria Nacional De Cemento S. A. (Incsa)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Industria Nacional De Cemento S. A. (Incsa)

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 550,000 MT PER YEAR INCLUDING SHALE; 350,000 MT PER DAY LST, 200000 MT PER YEAR OF 50-50 SHALE-LIMESTONE. DEVELOPED PRODUCER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BERRANGE, J. P., MATHER, S.J., MORALES, C., NURY, AND ALVARADO V., FERNANDO, 1990, THE NON-METALLIC INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS OF COSTA RICA: SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA, PROYECTO ANGLO-COSTARRICENSE DE MINERALES INDUSTRIALES (PACOMI), 181 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    BERRANGE ET AL (1990).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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