Mine detail: Carlota

Previously called 'Carlota ConcessionVictoria ConcessionMinas Carlota'

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Location: Villa Clara, Cuba, Caribbean
Lat / long: 22.06413, -80.16009
dep_id: 10105186
mrds_id: TC34429
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Sulfur-Pyrite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Actinolite, Albite, Calcite, Dolomite, Quartz, Rutile, Sericite, Sphene
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Guamuhaya Group
hrock_type: Schist,Limestone
Year first produced: 1865
disc_yr: 1550
References:
  • Deposit:: SANTOS, E., PENALVER, L.L., KRIVTSOV, A.I., AND TIJOMIROV, V.A., EDS., 1988, MAPA DE YACIMIENTOS MINERALES METALICOS Y AGUAS MINERALES DE LA REPUBLICA DE CUBA: MINISTERIO DE LA INDUSTRIA BASICA, 1:500,000 SCALE, 5 SHEETS.
  • Deposit:: HILL, P.A., 1958, BANDED PYRITE DEPOSITS OF MINAS CARLOTA, CUBA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 53, NO. 8, P. 966-1003.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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