Mine detail: Candida

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Location: Pinar Del Rio, Cuba, Caribbean
Lat / long: 22.44357, -84.0852
dep_id: 10062307
mrds_id: TC35644
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
gangue: Ankerite, Quartz
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Cayetano Formation
hrock_type: Shale,Siltstone,Sandstone
Structure: Beta Axes Wnw-Ese.
Year first produced: 1916
References:
  • Deposit:: BENES, R. AND HANUS, VACLAV, 1967, STRUCTURAL CONTROL AND HISTORY OF ORIGIN OF HYDROTHERMAL METALLOGENY IN WESTERN CUBA: MINERALIUM DEPOSITA, V. 2, P. 318-333.
  • Deposit:: ALLENDE, ROQUE, 1927, YACIMIENTOS MINERALES DE LA REPUBLICA DE CUBA-COBRE: BOLETIN DE MINES, DIRECCION DE MONTES Y MINAS Y AGUA HABANA, NO. 11, 148 P.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: ALLENDE (1927).
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