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Isabel Rosa

Past Producer in Pinar Del Rio, 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062312
MRDS ID TC35650
Record type Site
Current site name Isabel Rosa

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.6488, 22.53272 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 15 KM NNE OF PINAR DEL RIO.

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
Cubanite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Cayetano Formation
    Rock description Cayetano Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.6488, 22.53272
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1915
Discoverer Sr. Armando Ordaz

Production statistics

  • Year 1917
    Material ORE
    Description Ap_Grade: ^8.1% Cu, 1.70 Oz/Mt Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 48g/mt
    Major Ore Copper Copper 8wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ORE SHIPPED TO NICHOLS COPPER CO. IN NEW YORK.

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS, 3 LEVELS OF WORKINGS TO DEPTH BELOW THE SURFACE OF ABOUT 100 M.

Comments on development

  • BEGAN EXPLORATION IN MAY 1915 WITH ADITS N OF ARROYO EL DESMAYO. ALLENDE HAS MAP OF WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BENES, R. AND HANUS, VACLAV, 1967, STRUCTURAL CONTROL AND HISTORY OF ORIGIN OF HYDROTHERMAL METALLOGENY IN WESTERN CUBA: MINERALIUM DEPOSITA, V. 2, P. 318-333.

  • Deposit

    ALLENDE, ROQUE, 1927, YACIMIENTOS MINERALES DE LA REPUBLICA DE CUBA-COBRE: BOLETIN DE MINAS, DIRECCION DE MONTES Y MINAS Y AGUA HABANA, NO. 11, 148 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ALLENDE (1927).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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