Mina Valencia

Past Producer in Uruguay with commodities Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061818
MRDS ID TC34784
Record type Site
Current site name Mina Valencia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -55.12436, -34.40239 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 11 KM SE OF MINAS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uruguay(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Uruguay

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -55.12436, -34.40239

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N20-30E
    Dip VERTICAL
    Plunge N50E
    Length 36M
    Width 98M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOSSI, JORGE, 1978, RECURSOS MINERALES DEL URUGUAY: ED. DANIEL ALJANATI, IMPRESORA REX S.A., MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY, 348 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WIDTH EQUALS DISTANCE DOWN PLUNGE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.