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Abundancia

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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061271
MRDS ID TC34131
Record type Site
Current site name Abundancia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.91414, 20.30753 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 4 KM S OF PALMARITO, 300 M W OF MANGANESO STATION

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

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Braunite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Jasper Gangue
Quartz Gangue

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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name El Cobre Group
    Rock description El Cobre Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.91414, 20.30753
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BED
    Strike N50W
    Dip 20-60SW
    Thickness 1.5M
    Length 300M
    Width 60M
  • General form BED
    Dip 20-60SW
    Thickness 6M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1914

Mining district

District name Palmarito District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cuban Mining Co.
    First year 1930
    Last year 1940

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SEVERAL TENS OF THOUSAND TONS INDICATED BY 1930-1940 DRILLING AVERAGING 21% MN; RESOURCES ESTIMATED TO INCLUDE PRODUCTION AND RESERVES BY MOSIER AND PAGE (1988).

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT 245 M LONG, 20 M DEEP; ADITS, DRIFTS, AND 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. 238-240.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    SIMONS AND STRACZEK (1958)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 BEDS; UPPER (1) CONTAINS 10% MN AND RANGES IN THICKNESS BETWEEN 1 TO 1.5 M, LOWER (2) CONTAINS 20% MN AND RANGES IN THICKNESS BETWEEN 1.5 AND 6 M; NODULES, STRINGERS, PODS IN TUFF.

Reporter information

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

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