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Eleccion

Past Producer in Guantanamo, Cuba with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061502
MRDS ID TC34398
Record type Site
Current site name Eleccion
Alternate or previous names Jicotea Concession

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.76884, 20.16309 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 46 KM E OF GUANTANAMO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guantanamo(province)

Cuba(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Cuba Guantanamo

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSOCIATED ELEMENTS NI, AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Rock unit name Sierra Plural Formation
    Rock description Sierra Plural Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.76884, 20.16309
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • APPEARS TO BE COMPLEX ZONE WITHIN SCHIST WITH SERPENTINITE INTRUDED BY QUARTZ DIORITE WITH ABOUT 11 LENSES OF ORE. THIS MUST REPRESENT A SHEAR ZONE. SUSPECT THAT IT IS A REWORKED MASSIVE SULFIDE. HAS 4 DRILL HOLES IN THE SECTION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Republic Goldfields
    First year 1994

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

    ANON., 1994, REPUBLIC FINDS ZONE IN CUBA: THE NORTHERN MINER, DECEMBER 26, 1994, V. 80, NO. 43, P. 16.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1995 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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