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Yeya Mine

Past Producer in Santiago De Cuba, Cuba with commodity Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105169
MRDS ID TC34180
Record type Site
Current site name Yeya Mine
Alternate or previous names Includes Cafetal Ore Body

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.30165, 20.19531 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 4 KM SE OF LOS NEGROS ON S BANK OF RIO MOGOTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santiago De Cuba(province)

Cuba(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Cuba Santiago De Cuba

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION FROM SANTOS ET AL (1988); CAFETAL ORE BODY IS 165 M NW OF YEYA WORKINGS; WAS IN OLD PROVINCE OF ORIENTE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore
Calcite Gangue
Clay Gangue
Zeolite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 99
USGS model code 24c.2
Deposit model name Volcanogenic Mn, Cuban

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name El Cobre Group, Charco Redondo Limestone Member
    Rock description El Cobre Group, Charco Redondo Limestone Member
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.30165, 20.19531
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE (1), N35E (2)
    Dip 0 (1)
    Thickness 12M
    Length 60M
    Width 26M
  • Dip 0 (1)
    Thickness 1.3M
    Length 60M
    Width 11M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1940

Mining district

District name Los Negros District

Production statistics

  • Year 1945
    Period 1940-1945
    Material ORE
    Description Cp_Grade: ^48% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 48wt-pct

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • EXHAUSTED BY 1946

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

    SIMONS, F.S., AND STRACZEK, J.A., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF CUBA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1057.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    SIMONS AND STRACZEK (1958)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN LENSE OF TUFF; OXIDES FORM NODULES IN UPPER 3 M AND SOLID MASSES IN OWER 6 M, GRADE UP INTO TUFF. (1) YEYA BODY, (2) CAFETAL BODY; CAFETAL BODY RANGES IN WIDTH BETWEEN 9 AND 11 M AND IN THICKNESS BETWEEN 0.6 AND 1.3 M.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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