Mine detail: Nicaro District

Previously called 'Levisa Bay Deposit: Marti and Pinares MineRamona-Loma Mulo Deposit and Ramona Deposit'

Location:	Holguin, Cuba, Caribbean
Lat / long:	20.58388, -75.54969
dep_id:	60000605
mrds_id:	ISM0247
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Nickel
Minor mineral:	Cobalt
Trace mineral:	Chromium, Iron
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	LATERITE, RESIDUAL ENRICHMENT
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Producer
model:	110: Lateritic Ni
alteration:	SERPENTINIZATION
conc_proc:	TROPICAL WEATHERING
Reporter:	PAGE, NORMAN J., ORRIS, GRETA J., SHAFFER, GLENN L.
Structure:	TROPICAL WEATHERING OF OBDUCTED OPHIOLITE
Year first produced:	1944
disc_yr:	1905
References:	Deposit:: FISHER, R.B., AND DRESSEL, W.M., 1959, THE NICARO (CUBA) NICKEL ORES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIO-NS 5496, 54 P. (RR1) Deposit:: MCMILLAN, W.D., AND DAVIS, H.W., 1955, NICKEL-COBALT RESOURCES OF CUBA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINE REPORT OF INVESTIGATI-ONS 5099, 86 P. Deposit:: CASE, J.E., 1980, CRUSTAL SETTING OF MAFIC AND ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS AND ASSOCIATED ORE DEPOSITS O THE CARIBBEAN REGION-: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 80-304, 95 P. Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, 1970, CUBAN NICKEL: MINING MAGAZINE, V. 122, NO. 3, P. 165. Deposit:: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1982, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA--CUBA: LONDON, MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, MINING JOURNAL LTD., P-. 364. (PA1) Deposit:: ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 1981, THE ECONOMICS OF NICKEL, 3D ED.: LONDON, ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES [4-98] P. Deposit:: SCHNEIDER, HARRAS, 1958, ERZLAGERSTATTEN IN CUBA [SUMMARY]: DEUTSCHE GEOLOGISHE GESELLSCHAFT, ZEITSCHRIFT, HANNOV-ER, V. 110, NO. 3, P. 597-599. Deposit:: AMERICAN METAL MARKET, 1974, V. 82, NO. 205. (PC1, PC2) Deposit:: ROLAND, N.W., 1978, ROHSTOFFWIRTSCHAFTLICHE LANDERBERICHTE XVIII. KUBA: HANNOVER (GERMANY, FEDERAL REPUBLIC) B-UNDESANSTALT FUR GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN UND ROHSTOFFE, 125 P. (RR2)-. 2) DIMARIA, EUGENE, 1984, CUBA IN MAJOR NICKEL THRUST: AMER-ICAN METAL MARKET, V. 92, NO. 119 (19 JUN), P. 1, 11. (PA1). Deposit:: BOLDT, JOSEPH R., JR., 1967, THE WINNING OF NICKEL: PRINCETON, N. JERSEY, D. VAN NOSTRAND CO., INC., P. 57-58. Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, 9/76, P. 239. 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.