Location: | Isla De La Juventud*, Cuba, Caribbean |
Lat / long: | 21.70054, -83.01989 |
dep_id: | 10061544 |
mrds_id: | TC34451 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Tungsten |
Trace mineral: | Copper |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Producer |
ore: | Chalcopyrite, Ferberite, Hematite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite |
gangue: | Quartz, Tourmaline |
orebody_fm: | OVERLAPPING LENSES OF MINERALIZED VEIN |
work_type: | Surface/Underground |
model: | 46: W veins |
alteration: | Silicification And Tourmalinization |
conc_proc: | Erosion In Associated Placer Deposits |
ore_ctrl: | Faults, Fractures, Shear Zones |
Reporter: | Page, Norman J. |
hrock_unit: | Santa Fe Schist |
hrock_type: | Mafic Intrusive Rock,Quartzite,Schist |
arock_type: | Rhyolite |
Structure: | Isoclinal Floding |
Year first produced: | 1939 |
disc_yr: | 1927 |
discr: | George Tower, Laurence Litchfield, And T.C. Denton |
References: |
- Deposit:: PAGE, L.R., AND MCALLISTER, J.F., 1944, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF ISLA DE PINOS, CUBA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 935-D, D117-D246
- Other Database:: CIMRI
- Production:: PAGE AND MCALLISTER (1944)
|