Cerro Pelado

Producer in Florida, Uruguay with commodities Feldspar, Quartz
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 10110121
MRDS ID TC35503
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Pelado

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -56.17744, -34.09128 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 3 KM SOUTH OF FLORIDA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Florida(province)

Uruguay(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Uruguay Florida

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Quartz Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -56.17744, -34.09128

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE PRODUCTION IN 1980.

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.