Mine detail: Papagayo

Previously called 'Includes Cerros PapagayoBonitoPicudoAnd Avestruz'

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Location: Rivera, Uruguay, South America
Lat / long: -31.64349, -55.36272
dep_id: 10078508
mrds_id: W026858
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Manganese, Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Goethite, Hematite, Magnetite, Pyrolusite
gangue: Garnet, Hornblende, Quartz
Reporter: Shaffer, Glenn L., Page, Norman J., Cooper, Margaret
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, 1978, RECURSOS MINERALES DEL URUGUAY: ED. DANIEL ALJANATI, IMPRESORA REX. S.A., MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY, 348 P.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Reserve-Resource:: ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970 (1) BOSSI (1978) (2).
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