Mine detail: Mahoma

Previously called 'Mahoma No. 1 and No. 2 Veins'

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Location: San Jose, Uruguay, South America
Lat / long: -34.01656, -56.40633
dep_id: 10111503
mrds_id: TC34808
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Gold, Pyrite
gangue: Hematite, Limonite, Quartz
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Granito Chacrita
hrock_type: Diorite,Metasedimentary Rock
tectonic: Florida Greenstone Belt.
Year first produced: 1993
disc_yr: 1985
References:
  • Deposit:: AMERICAN RESOURCE CORPORATION (1992) CORPORATE REPORT, 28 P.
  • Deposit:: ANON, 1992, URUGUAY: ADVERTISEMENT SUPPLEMENT TO MINING JOURNAL, LONDON: MINING JOURNAL LONDON, V. 319, NO. 8186, 8 P.
  • Deposit:: ANON., 1993, GOLD PRODUCTION AT MAHOMA MINE IN URUGUAY: THE MINERAL RECORD, FEB. 10, 1993, P. 43.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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