Los Cerros De San Juan

Occurrence in Colonia, Uruguay with commodity Beryllium
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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062198
MRDS ID TC35504
Record type Site
Current site name Los Cerros De San Juan

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -57.96248, -34.20018 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Colonia(province)

Uruguay(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Uruguay Colonia

Comments on the location information

  • NEA THE TOWN OF LOS CERROS DE SAN JUAN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BERYL IS PALE COLORED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Feldspar Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1) -57.96248, -34.20018

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
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.

  • Deposit

    DIRECCION NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y GEOLOGIA, 1987, CARTA DE LAS MATERIAS PRIMAS MINERALES NO METALICAS DEL URUGUAY: MINISTERIO DE INDUSTRIA Y ENERGIA, SCALE 1:1,000,000.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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