Mine detail: Gruta and Cerro Arrequita

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Location

Lat / long: -34.13377, -55.23241

Resource(N)

Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Ore: Strengite, Variscite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host type:Rhyolite

References

MRDSTC34848
DEP10110088
Reference{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.}{Deposit:: ECKEL, E.B., AND MILTON, C., 1953, RECONNAISSANCE OF SUPERFICIAL PHOSPHATE DEPOSIT NEAR MINAS, URUGUAY: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 48, NO. 6, P. 437-446.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterPage, Norman J.