Mal Abrigo

Prospect in San Jose, Uruguay with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061841
MRDS ID TC34811
Record type Site
Current site name Mal Abrigo
Alternate or previous names Zone 14

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -56.21717, -33.95767 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Jose(province)

Uruguay(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Uruguay San Jose

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Nearby scientific data

(1) -56.21717, -33.95767

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Previous To Arc Bond International Gold, Inc.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Total resources 150000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 5.5 g/mt Gold Major 1989

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DRILL HOLE INTERSECTIONS 10.55 M AT 5.25 G/TON AU, AND 1.52 M AT 32.4 G/TON AU; TONNAGE FROM BOND INTERNATIONAL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN RESOURCE CORPORATION (1992) CORPORATE REPORT, 28 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    ARC (1992).

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.