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Quarries of La Plata

Producer in Lavalleja, Uruguay with commodity Limestone, High Calcium
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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. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107065
MRDS ID TC34804
Record type Site
Current site name Quarries of La Plata

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -55.26991, -34.31017 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 5-10 KM SW OF MINAS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lavalleja(province)

Uruguay(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Uruguay Lavalleja

Comments on the location information

  • REPRESENTS TWO ACTIVE QUARRIES ON DINAMIGE (1987).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, High Calcium Primary

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 Lavalleja Group
    Rock description Lavalleja Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -55.26991, -34.31017
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, BEDS

Comments on the geologic information

  • INTERBEDDED WITH PHYLLITE, CHLORITE SCHIST, QUARTZITE, DOLOMITE, HORNBLENDE-CHLORITE-EPIDOTE SCHIST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Minas Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOSSI, JORGE, 1978, RECURSOS MINERALES DEL URUGUAY: ED. DANIEL ALJANATI, IMPRESORA REX S.A., MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY, 348 P.

  • Deposit

    DIRECCION NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y GEOLOGIA, 1987, CARTA DE LAS MATERIAS PRIMAS MINERALES NO METALICAS DEL URUGUAY: MINISTERIO DE INDUSTRIA Y ENERGIA, SCALE 1:1,000,000.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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