La Constancia

Occurrence in Holguin, Cuba with commodity Chromium
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061356
MRDS ID TC34223
Record type Site
Current site name La Constancia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.11635, 20.65057 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2 KM SE OF NAVES

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

  • WAS IN OLD PROVINCE OF ORIENTE; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES ARE FOR NAVESI

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result CR2O3, 40%

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 15
USGS model code 8a
Deposit model name Podiform chromite (minor)
Mark3 model number none

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.11635, 20.65057

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 10.67M
    Width 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Baracoa District

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

    THAYER, T.P., 1942, CHROME RESOURCES OF CUBA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 935-A, 74 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 ORE BODIES; DIMENSIONS OF ONE GIVEN, THE OTHER IS 10 FT ACROSS. WIDTH OF FIRST BODY RANGES BETWEEN 4 AND 5 FT.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.