Mine detail: Mercedes

Previously called 'Nuestra Senora De Las MercedesConcessions Also Include Santa Romualda and San Jose.'

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Location: Pinar Del Rio, Cuba, Caribbean
Lat / long: 22.27412, -84.12242
dep_id: 10062313
mrds_id: TC35651
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Copper, Pyrite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Cayetano Formation
hrock_type: Shale,Siltstone,Sandstone
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 MINAS, DIRECCION DE MONTES Y MINAS Y AGUA HABANA, NO. 11, 148 P.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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