Mine detail: Mayari

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Location: Cuba, Caribbean
Lat / long: 20.58391, -75.8497
dep_id: 10069239
mrds_id: W002778
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Nickel, Cobalt
Trace mineral: Iron, Chromium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Chromite, Garnierite, Goethite, Limonite, Magnetite
gangue: Quartz, Serpentine
model: 110: Lateritic Ni
alteration: Serpentinization
conc_proc: Tropical Weathering
Reporter: Shaffer, Glenn L.
hrock_type: Peridotite
tectonic: Obducted Ophiolite In Orogenic Belt
References:
  • Deposit:: BOLDT, JOSEPH R., JR., 1967, THE WINNING OF NICKEL: PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY, D. VAN NOSTRAND CO., INC., P. 58
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 59.
  • Deposit:: DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1985: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-D, 62 P.
  • Deposit:: CROCKETT AND OTHERS, 1987: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-F, 54 P.
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