Mine detail: Papagayo

Previously called 'Includes Cerros PapagayoBonitoPicudoAnd Avestruz'

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Location

Lat / long: -31.64349, -55.36272

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Manganese, Iron
Ore: Goethite, Hematite, Magnetite, Pyrolusite
Gangue: Garnet, Hornblende, Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Gneiss

References

MRDSW026858
DEP10078508
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, 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).}
ReporterShaffer, Glenn L., Page, Norman J., Cooper, Margaret