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Santa Lucia Barite

Past Producer in Pinar Del Rio, Cuba with commodity Barium-Barite
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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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062317
MRDS ID TC35655
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Lucia Barite

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.0152, 22.62272 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 32 KM W OF VINALES.

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

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR VILLA DEL COBRE IN SIERRA MAESTRA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite 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) -84.0152, 22.62272
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • LITTLE DEVELOPED PRODUCER, UNKNOWN ACTIVITY.
  • DISTRICT PRODUCTION, ORIGINALLY GIVEN IN SPANISH TONELADAS WHICH EQUAL 920.186 KG. CU GRADES VARY 9-25%. AVERAGE GRADE 16-17% CU.

Comments on the workings information

  • IN LONDRENA WORKINGS WERE 238 M; ISABELITA, 258 M; SANTUARO, 238 M; SAN JUAN, 221 M; SAN JOAQUIN, 121 M; PRESERVERANCIA, 95 M; LA ANGELITA, 84 M; SAN ANDRES, 183 M; DEMOCRACIA, 67 M.

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED ON SURFACE. AFTER DISCOVERY IN 1600'S, THE MINES WERE ABANDONED IN 1716. COMPANIA CONSOLIDA CONTROLLED THE LONDRENA, ISABELITA, SANTUARIO MINES. COMPANIA SAN JOSE CONTROLLED THE SAN JOAQUIN, PRESERVERANCIA, LA ANGELITA, AND SAN ANDRES MINES. COMPANIA ECONOMIA CONTROLLED THE DEMOCRACIA MINE. EL COBRE MINES INSTALLED A SMELTER (1904) IN 1905 PRODUCED SOME MATTE OF 50% CU, WAS NOT ECONOMIC SO WAS ABANDONED.

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO MAIN VEINS AND SEVERAL PARALLEL VEINS, UP TO 5.5-11.1 M THICK; OFFSET ON N5W FAULTS.

Reporter information

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

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