Guaycuru

Occurrence in San Jose, Uruguay with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061825
MRDS ID TC34791
Record type Site
Current site name Guaycuru

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -57.11385, -33.96712 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 9 KM NW OF ESTACION GUAYCURU.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Jose(province)

Uruguay(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Uruguay San Jose

Comments on the location information

  • BETWEEN ARROYO DEL LORO AND ARROYO GUAYCURU.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result 15% MNO2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -57.11385, -33.96712

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 70-80W
    Length 727M
    Width 72M

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    BOSSI (1978).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit N-S FAULT SEPARATES TWO LENSES; BOSSI PROJECTED THE LENSES TO MORE THAN 150 M DEPTH.

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.