Los Cerritos Group

Occurrence in Treinta Y Tres, Uruguay with commodity Iron
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061829
MRDS ID TC34797
Record type Site
Current site name Los Cerritos Group
Alternate or previous names Grupo Los Cerritos Includes La Hilera, Valentines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -55.0377, -33.17821 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 7 1/2 KM NE OF VALENTINES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Treinta Y Tres(province)

Uruguay(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Uruguay Treinta Y Tres

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -55.0377, -33.17821

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Valentines

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

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.