Mine detail: Punta Gorda District

Previously called 'Punta GuaricoPunta Gorda Nickel Mine'

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Location: Cuba, Caribbean
Lat / long: 20.5839, -74.84967
dep_id: 10024522
mrds_id: ISM0246
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron, Nickel, Cobalt
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
Reporter: Shaffer, Glenn L., Foose, Michael P., Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Cauto Belt
hrock_type: Peridotite
Structure: Tropical Weathering Of Obducted Ophiolite
tectonic: Obducted Ophiolite In Orogenic Belt
Year first produced: 1984
disc_yr: 1905
References:
  • Deposit:: CASE, J.E., 1980, CRUSTAL SETTING OF MAFIC AND ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS AND ASSOCIATED ORE DEPOSITS OF THE CARIBBEAN REGIO-N: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 80-304, 95 P.
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, 1970, CUBAN NICKEL: MINING MAGAZINE, V. 122, NO. 3, P. 165. (PA8)
  • Deposit:: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1982, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA--CUBA: LONDON, MINING JOURNAL LTD., MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, P-. 364. (C9, PA8)
  • Deposit:: ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES, 1981, THE ECONOMICS OF NICKEL, 3D ED.: LONDON, ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES, [498] -P.
  • Deposit:: PETERS, H.D., 1975, NICKEL: VORKOMMEN, PRODUKTION, BEDARFSDECKUNG IM RAHMEN DER WELTWIRTSCHAFT [NICKEL; OCCURRENC-E, PRODUCTION, AND SUPPLY IN WORLD TRADE]: ESSEN, (GERMANY) B-ERGBAU, ROHSTOFFE ENGERIE, VERLAG GLUCK AUF GMBH, V. 9, 112 P.- (RR1)
  • Deposit:: DIMARIA, EUGENE, 1984, OCT. STARTUP FOR CUB* PUNTA GORDA NICKEL REFINERY: AMERICAN METAL MARKET, V. 92, NO. 120- (20 JUN), P. 6. (PA8)
  • Deposit:: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1983, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA--CUBA: LONDON, MINING JOURNAL LTD., P. 328.
  • Deposit:: DIMARIA, EUGENE, 1984, CUBA IN MAJOR NICKEL THRUST: AMERICAN METAL MARKERT, V. 92, NO. 119 (19 JUN), P. 1, 11. (R-R2, RR25)
  • Deposit:: AMERICAN METAL MARKET, 5/30/75.
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, 9/74, P. 212.
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, 9/75, P. 207.
  • Production:: PA8: RF2, RF6
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