Mirta

Prospect in Colonia, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061843
MRDS ID TC34813
Record type Site
Current site name Mirta
Alternate or previous names Mirta Shear

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -57.37997, -34.01018 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Colonia(province)

Uruguay(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Uruguay Colonia

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1) -57.37997, -34.01018

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N-W
    Dip 70-80 NE
    Thickness 2M
    Length 45M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 6 DRILL HOLES WITH INTERSECTIONS OF 1.0 M TO 15.1 M WITH GRADES 0.2-19.1 G/TON AU.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN RESOURCE CORPORATION (1992) CORPORATE REPORT, 28 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    ARC (1992).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 OR 3 MAJOR VEINS, 7 SUBSIDARY VEINS SHOWN IN A CROSS-SECTION TO ABOUT 120 M DEPTH; GABBRO AT CONTACT WITH GRANITE.

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.