Mine detail: Uria Group

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

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Location: Florida, Uruguay, South America
Lat / long: -33.18766, -55.22103
dep_id: 10078505
mrds_id: W026855
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Hematite
gangue: Actinolite, Apatite, Augite, Pyrite, Quartz, Serpentine, Sphene
orebody_fm: BEDS OF ITABIRITE
conc_proc: Oxidation Of Magnetite To Hematite.
Reporter: Cooper, Margaret, Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Lavalleja Series
hrock_type: Gneiss
References:
  • 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
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