Santa Rita Group

Occurrence in Florida, 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061832
MRDS ID TC34800
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Rita Group
Alternate or previous names Grupo Santa Rita Includes La Ladera, Valentines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -55.24909, -33.12932 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 12.5 KM WEST OF VALENTINES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Florida(province)

Uruguay(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Uruguay Florida

Comments on the location information

  • 260 KM NORTH OF MONTEVIDEO.

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) -55.24909, -33.12932

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDS
    Thickness 5M
    Length 1000M

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.