Mine detail: Uria Group

Previously called 'Grupo Uria, ValentinesIncludes Apretado, Aurora, Isabel, Las Tunas'

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Location

Lat / long: -33.18766, -55.22103

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Actinolite, Apatite, Augite, Pyrite, Quartz, Serpentine, Sphene
Orebody form: BEDS OF ITABIRITE

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Lavalleja Series
Host type:Gneiss

References

MRDSW026855
DEP10078505
Reference{Deposit:: ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970 , IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF SOUTH AMERICA, IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES -- OCCURRENCE AND APPRAISAL: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 302 - 380}{Deposit:: BOSSI, JORGE, AND UMPIERRE, MIRTA, 1969 , LA PETROLOGIA DEL MINERAL DE HIERRO DE VALENTINES, FLORIDA, URUGUAY (THE PETROLOGY OF THE IRON ORE OF VALENTINES, FLORIDA, URUGUAY): ARGENTINA JORNADAS GEOLOGICAS, 4 TH, MENDOZA 1969 , ACTAS, V. 1 , P. 127 - 147}{Deposit:: BOSSI, JORGE, 1969 , RECURSOS MINERALES DEL URUGUAY (MINERAL RESOURCES OF URUGUAY): MONTEVIDEO, EDIT, NUESTRA TIERRA, 68 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterCooper, Margaret, Page, Norman J.