Jucaro

Producer in Pinar Del Rio, Cuba with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061539
MRDS ID TC34446
Record type Site
Current site name Jucaro

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.24433, 22.89216 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 8 KM W OF BAHIA HONDA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinar Del Rio(province)

Cuba(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Cuba Pinar Del Rio

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSOCIATED ELEMENTS ZN, PB, S, GA, GE, CO, AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Encrucijada Formation
    Rock description Encrucijada Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.24433, 22.89216

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    SANTOS, ET.AL. (1988)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOUR FAULT BLOCKS OF THE SAME MASSIVE TO DISSEMINATED SULFIDE LENS IN BASALT DIPPING 50-60 NW, STRIKING NE, IN SECTION TO 310 M DEPTH AS EXPLORED BY 10 DRILL HOLES ALONG A NW-SE CROSS-SECTION; LENGTH IN CROSS-SECTION IS 440 M; MAXIMUM THICKNESS, 30 M.
Deposit DATA FROM MAP INFORMATION AND ONE CROSS-SECTION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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