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Santa Rosa Mine

Past Producer in Holguin, Cuba with commodity Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061201
MRDS ID TC34059
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Rosa Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.98498, 20.92445 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position NEAR SANTA RITE, 30 KM E OF HOLGUIN, Acc =/- 3 Minutes

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Holguin(province)

Cuba(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Cuba Holguin

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION FROM SANTOS ET AL (1988); WAS IN OLD ORIENTE PROVINCE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 99
USGS model code 24c.2
Deposit model name Volcanogenic Mn, Cuban

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name El Cobre Group
    Rock description El Cobre Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.98498, 20.92445
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 5M
    Length 300M
    Width 90M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Holguin District

Production statistics

  • Year 1942
    Material ORE
    Description Ap_Grade: ^41.55% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 42wt-pct
  • Year 1944
    Material ORE
    Description Ap_Grade: ^49.21% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 49wt-pct
  • Year 1944
    Period 1942-1944
    Material ORE
    Description Cp_Grade: ^46.68% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 47wt-pct

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FEW THOUSAND TONS

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCHES, PITS AND SHORT ADITS OVER LENGTH OF 300 M

Reference information

Bibliographic 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

    SIMONS, F.S., AND STRACZEK, J.A., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF CUBA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1057, P. 199.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    SIMONS AND STRACZEK (1958)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WIDTH RANGES FROM 60 TO 90 METERS, AND THICKNESS FROM 0.1 TO 5 METERS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-92 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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