Mine detail: Moa Bay District

Previously called 'MoaPedro Soto Alba Complex: Yamaniguey and Atlantic MinesMoa Bay'

Location:	Holguin, Cuba, Caribbean
Lat / long:	20.61727, -74.96638
dep_id:	60000604
mrds_id:	ISM0245
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Nickel
Minor mineral:	Cobalt
Trace mineral:	PGE, Iron, Manganese, Chromium
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	LATERITE, RESIDUAL ENRICHMENT
Production size:	Large ammount of material produced
Development status:	Producer
model:	110: Lateritic Ni
alteration:	SERPENTINIZATION
conc_proc:	TROPICAL WEATHERING
Reporter:	PAGE, NORMAN J., ORRIS, GRETA J., FOOSE, MICHAEL P., BLAIR, WILL N., SAAM, HENNING G.
Structure:	TROPICAL WEATHERING OF OBDUCTED OPHIOLITE
Year first produced:	1959
disc_yr:	1905
References:	Deposit:: SCHNEIDER, H., 1957, EINZELBESCHREIBUNG DER BEFAHRENEN ERZVORKOMMEN. (RR1, RR2) Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1954, COMING--AN IMPORTANT NEW NICKEL PRODUCER: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V-. 155, N. 7, P. 80-83. Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, 1970, CUBA--EXPANSION OF NICKEL PRODUCTION: MINING JOURNAL, V. 274, NO. 7017 (13 FEB), P. 134. (-PA1) Deposit:: LINCHENAT, A., AND SHIROKOVA, I., 1964, INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NICKELIFEROUS IRON (LATERITE) DEPOSITS O-F THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF CUBA: INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CON-GRESS, 22ND, NEW DELHI, PT. 14, SEC. 14, P. 172-187. Deposit:: AMERICAN METAL MARKET, 1974, V. 82, NO. 205. (PA8) Deposit:: ROSSI, GIAN, 1979, CUBA--A REVIEW OF ITS MINERAL POTENTIAL AND MINING INDUSTRIES: [SOUTH AFRICA] MINERALS BUREAU,- INTERNAL REPORT NO. 46, 90 P. (RR32) Deposit:: DIMARIA, EUGENE, 1984, CUBAN NICKEL MARKET EXPANDING WEST DESPITE US BLOCK: AMERICAN METAL MARKET, V. 92, NO. 121- (21 JUN), P. 1, 6. (PA2) Deposit:: QUIRING, 1962, PLATINMETALLE: FERDINAND ENKE. Deposit:: E/MJ VOL. 155, NO. 7 (1954) COMING - AN IMPORTANT NEW NICKEL PRODUCER. Deposit:: WORLD MINING 3/68 Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL 274/FEBR. 70P. 134. Deposit:: SCHNEIDER, H. (1957) Deposit:: DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1985: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-D, 62 P. Deposit:: E/MJ, 1977, CUBA: V. 178, NO. 11. Deposit:: CROCKETT AND OTHERS, 1987: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-F, 52 P.