Mine detail: Matahambre

Location:	Pinar Del Rio, Cuba, Caribbean
Lat / long:	22.58828, -83.93491
dep_id:	10107057
mrds_id:	TC34442
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Copper
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Chalcopyrite, Copper, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue:	Ankerite, Hematite, Limonite, Quartz, Siderite
orebody_fm:	LENSES
Reporter:	Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit:	San Cayetano Formation
hrock_type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Deposit In Nw Limb Of Plunging Major Anticline To Nne Whose Beds Dip Nw At Moderate Angles. Axial Plane Bothh Steeper And Flatter Than Bedding.
Year first produced:	1917
disc_yr:	1913
discr:	Senor Carlos Miranda
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:: 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:: PENNEBAKER, E.N., 1944, STRUCTURAL RELATIONS OF THE COPPER DEPOSITS AT MATAHAMBRE, CUBA [ABS]: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 39, NO. 1, P. 10. 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). Reserve-Resource:: SANTOS, ET.AL.(1988)