Las Palmas

Occurrence in Durazno, Uruguay with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078506
MRDS ID W026856
Record type Site
Current site name Las Palmas

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -55.4991, -32.74738 (WGS84)
Relative position MONTIVIDEO, 260 KM N OF

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Durazno(province)

Uruguay(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Uruguay Durazno

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result CHEMISTRY OF RESERVES IN PERCENT: FE, 35
Result AND SIO2 , 40 - 42

Nearby scientific data

(1) -55.4991, -32.74738

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 30M
    Length 2000M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1970
    Total resources 3000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 35 wt-pct Iron Major 1970

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970 , IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF SOUTH AMERICA, IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES -- OCCURRENCE AND APPRAISAL: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 302 - 380

  • Reserve-Resource

    ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Cooper, Margaret U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1977 Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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