Mine detail: Punta Gorda District

Previously called 'Punta GuaricoPunta Gorda Nickel Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 20.5839, -74.84967

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron, Nickel, Cobalt
Discovery year: 1905

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Prospect
First production started: 1984

Geology

Host rock:Cauto Belt
Host type:Peridotite
Structure:Tropical Weathering Of Obducted Ophiolite
Tectonic:Obducted Ophiolite In Orogenic Belt

References

MRDSISM0246
DEP10024522
Reference{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}
ReporterShaffer, Glenn L., Foose, Michael P., Page, Norman J.