San Miquel De Los Banos, Cuba

Occurrence in Cuba with commodities Nickel, Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079615
MRDS ID W029656
Record type Site
Current site name San Miquel De Los Banos, Cuba

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -79.03613, 21.62171 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 35 KM SE TOWN MATANZAS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cuba(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Cuba

Comments on the location information

  • THE DEPOSIT IS LOCATED NORTH, WEST, AND EAST OF THE SMALL TOWN SAN MIQUEL DE LOS BANOS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -79.03613, 21.62171

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 15M
    Length 5000M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • H1) DRILLED RESERVES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHNEIDER, H. (1957)

  • Reserve-Resource

    E1) OSBORNE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE BODIES OF THE DEPOSIT ARE ABOUT 200 M BY 800 M LARGE AND HAVE A THICKNESS OF 1.5 M UP TO 15 M. OVERBURDEN 0.3 TO 1.5 M (LIMONITE)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1977 Saam, Henning G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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