Talk:Mineral industry of Uruguay

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La producción mineral no es uno de los rubros destacados del país, sin embargo pueden encontrarse: ágatas y amatistas en el departamento de Artigas, canteras de oro en Rivera, Treinta y Tres y Lavalleja, berilio en Colonia, plomo, cinc, baritina y dolomitas en Lavalleja, (se pueden encontrar estos dos últimos también en Maldonado), hierro en Rivera y Florida, manganeso en San José y Rivera, cuarzos y feldespatos en Florida (este último también se encuentra en Canelones), carbón y montmorillonita en Cerro Largo, caolín en Durazno, esteatita y talco en Colonia y Lavalleja, ilnenita y turba en Rocha, limos en Montevideo, San José y Maldonado, piedras calizas en Lavalleja, Paysandú y Treinta y Tres, arcilla en Montevideo, Durazno, Maldonado, San José y Canelones y arcilla yesifera en Río Negro. Asimismo en distintos puntos del país se extrae granito negro, yeso, cantos rodados, marga, pirita, balasto, piedra laja, triturada y bruta, diorita y granodiorita."Felix Folio Secundus (talk) 09:10, 30 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]