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San Luis Mine

Past Producer in Santiago De Cuba, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061231
MRDS ID TC34089
Record type Site
Current site name San Luis Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.74553, 20.11088 (WGS84)
Elevation 215
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1 KM S OF EL CRISTO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santiago De Cuba(province)

Cuba(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Cuba Santiago De Cuba

Comments on the location information

  • WAS IN OLD PROVINCE OF ORIENTE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Manganite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Jasper Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.74553, 20.11088
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BED, LENS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1884

Mining district

District name El Cristo District - San Luis Group

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Harold Simpson
    First year 1942
    Last year 1945
  • Type Owner
    Owner Maria Ann Tejada (Up To At Least
    Last year 1946

Comments on the production information

  • 3 TONS OF CRUDE ORE (25-25% MN) MINED TO OBTAIN 1 TON CONCENTRATE AT 45-46%.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • WERE AREAS INADEQUATELY EXPLORED IN 1946; INDICATED PLUS INFERRED RESOURCES ARE 25,000 TO 50,000 TONS AT 25-35% MN ON SAN LUIS AND TORDERA DEPOSIT, MAYBE 100,000 TONS OF 10-20% MN IN MIDDLE BED.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PITS, ADITS, SHAFTS

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. 175-176.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    SIMONS AND STRACZEK (1958)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ARE TWO MINERALIZED BEDS, LOWER AND MIDDLE; LOWER ONE MINED, AVERAGES 3 M THICK AND RICHEST NEAR AND OVER LARGE JASPER MASSES.
Deposit PORTUGAL, SAN LUIS, AND TORDERA MINES MINED SAME DEPOSIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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