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Found Here
Geology and deposit
- Deposit type
- Vein
- Host rock
- Gneiss
- Deposit model
- 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mining history
- Status
- Past Producer
- Production years
- 1889-1936
- First production
- 1889
- Last production
- 1936
Records and references
BOSSI, JORGE, 1978, RECURSOS MINERALES DEL URUGUAY: ED. DANIEL ALJANATI, IMPRESORA REX S.A., MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY, 348 P. ANON, 1992, URUGUAY: ADVERTISEMENT SUPPLEMENT TO MINING JOURNAL, LONDON: MINING JOURNAL LONDON, V. 319, NO. 8186, 8 P. ANON, 1992, AMERICAN RESOURCES IN SOUTH AMERICA, MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, V. 319, NO. 8195, P. 267. ANON., 1993, GOLD PRODUCTION COMMENCES AT MAHOMA MINE IN URUGUAY: THE MINING RECORD, FEBRUARY 10, 1993, P. 43. ANON., 1994, AMERICAN ACTIVE AT SAN GREGORIO: THE NORTHERN MINER, SEPTEMBER 26, 1994, V. 80, NO. 30, P. 13. CIMRIBOSSI (1978). ANON (1994). MINING JOURNAL (1992); ANON. (1993); ANON. (1994).
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10061816 — view the source record
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Location on Map
Coordinates: -31.53821, -55.51162
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