Mine detail: Lela Claim

Previously called 'No. 2Includes Lela MinePruneda Shaft and AditCalvache ShaftNo.3 AditsVanadium Corporation Workings.'

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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)
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