Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formBEDS OF ITABIRITE
Materials
Ore mineralsHematite
GangueActinolite, Apatite, Augite, Pyrite, Quartz, Serpentine, Sphene
Geology
Host rockGneiss · Lavalleja Series
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10078505
MRDS IDW026855
Alternate namesGrupo Uria, Valentines, Includes Apretado, Aurora, Isabel, Las Tunas
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-33.18766, -55.22103
References
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 - 380BOSSI, JORGE, AND UMPIERRE, MIRTA, 1969 , LA PETROLOGIA DEL MINERAL DE HIERRO DE VALENTINES, FLORIDA, URUGUAY (THE PETROLOGY OF THE IRON ORE OF VALENTINES, FLORIDA, URUGUAY): ARGENTINA JORNADAS GEOLOGICAS, 4 TH, MENDOZA 1969 , ACTAS, V. 1 , P. 127 - 147BOSSI, JORGE, 1969 , RECURSOS MINERALES DEL URUGUAY (MINERAL RESOURCES OF URUGUAY): MONTEVIDEO, EDIT, NUESTRA TIERRA, 68 P.CIMRI