Mine detail: Gruta and Cerro Arrequita

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Location: Lavalleja, Uruguay, South America
Lat / long: -34.13377, -55.23241
dep_id: 10110088
mrds_id: TC34848
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Producer
ore: Strengite, Variscite
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Rhyolite
References:
  • 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
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