Cayoguan Grupo

Past Producer 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061357
MRDS ID TC34225
Record type Site
Current site name Cayoguan Grupo
Alternate or previous names Cromita, Narciso, Cayoguan Denouncements, Moa and Punta Gorda Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.85578, 20.59363 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 12 KM SE OF MOA

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result CR2O3, 38.40%, 39.35%
Result FE, 9.73%, 9.72%, CR:FE = 1.90, 2.0:1

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) -74.85578, 20.59363

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1918

Comments on the production information

  • ORE (1) CROMITA DEPOSIT; ORE (2) CHROMITE USED IN BULLETIN 1693; ORE (3) NARCISCO DEPOSIT

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SAYS RESOURCES ARE LARGE IF ORE BODIES PROJECT UNDER THE HILL

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

  • Production

    THAYER (1942)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit APPEAR TO BE 3 LENSES

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.