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Papagayo

Occurrence in Rivera, Uruguay with commodities Manganese, Iron
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  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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078508
MRDS ID W026858
Record type Site
Current site name Papagayo
Alternate or previous names Includes Cerros Papagayo, Bonito, Picudo, And Avestruz

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -55.36272, -31.64349 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 20 KM SW OF MINAS DE CORRALES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rivera(province)

Uruguay(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Uruguay Rivera

Comments on the location information

  • WEST OF ARROYO ZAPUCAY; USED CERRO PAPAGALLO AS THE LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result CHEMISTRY OF RESERVES IN PERCENT: FE, 19 - 42 : AND SIO2 , 7 - 34
Result WITH MN, 1 - 28 , AS ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT COMPONENT. MN UP TO 30%, BUT AVERAGES 6.6%.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -55.36272, -31.64349
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 70-80 SW
    Thickness 30M
    Length 2800M
    Width 200M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE EXCEPTIONALLY COMPLEX AND DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY BY SURFACE EXPLORATION. ORE MASSES ASSOCIATED WITH ABUNDANT QUARTZ PATCHES AND MN OXIDES FILLING FRACTURES RESTING ON AND ASSOCIATED WITH ULTRABASIC GNEISSIC ROCKS. APPEARS TO BE IRON BEARING QUARTZITE WITH AMPHIBOLITE. PYROXENITE ROCKS ON BOTH CONTACTS IN GRANITE GNEISSES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1970
    Total resources 16000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 19 wt-pct Iron Trace 1970

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • *MAY BE IMPORTANT AS A MANGANESE DEPOSIT, 1 - 28 % MN CONTENT.
  • *MAY BE IMPORTANT AS A MANGANESE DEPOSIT, 1 - 28 % MN CONTENT (1). BASED ON RESULTS OF ALVARADO QUOTED BY BOSSI; BOSSI (1978) GRADE ESTIMATE.

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

  • Deposit

    BOSSI, JORGE, 1978, RECURSOS MINERALES DEL URUGUAY: ED. DANIEL ALJANATI, IMPRESORA REX. S.A., MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY, 348 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970 (1) BOSSI (1978) (2).

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

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