Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World

Setup during HiTech AlkCarb: an online database of alkaline rock and carbonatite occurrences

Ybypyte

stripes

Occurrence number: 
130-00-014
Country: 
Paraguay
Region: 
Paraguari
Location: 
Longitude: -57.18, Latitude: -25.75
Carbonatite: 
No

A horseshoe-shaped hill, open to the south, is shown as alkaline on Plate 1 of Milton and Eckel (1959), but no other information is available.

References: 

MILTON, C. and ECKEL, E.B. 1959. Igneous and metamorphic rocks. In Geology and mineral resources of Paraguay - a reconnaissance. Professional Paper, United States Geological Survey, 327: 12-50

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