Holguin Province

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10206109
MAS/MILS ID 2390250001
Record type Site
Current site name Holguin Province
Alternate or previous names Oriente Province

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.24971, 20.90056 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cuba(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Cuba

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.24971, 20.90056

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Milling method Gravity

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Cubaniquel

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1968
    Indicated 356000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 356000000mt ore
    Total resources 356000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 1.3 wt-pct Nickel Major 1968

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    LATERITES: FUTURE SOURCE FOR WORLD NICKEL, ENGINEERING AND

  • Deposit

    CUBA, WORLD MINING CATALOG, SURVEY, AND DIRECTORY NUMBER

  • Deposit

    1978, VOL. 31 NO. 7, JUNE 25, 1978, P. 191.

  • Deposit

    CUBAN NICKEL, MINING MAGAZINE, VOL. 122, NO. 3, MARCH 1970,

  • Deposit

    P. 165.

  • Deposit

    CUBA, MINING MAGAZINE, SEPTEMBER 1972, P. 295.

  • Deposit

    DELINOIS, S. L., IS CUBA WINNING BATTLE TO DEVELOP MINING

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRY?, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, MAY 1970, P.

  • Deposit

    86-94.

  • Deposit

    PARRY, J., COMECON'S CARIBBEAN OUTPOST, NICKEL FORECASTS AND

  • Deposit

    STRATEGIES, METAL BULLETIN MONTHLY, NO. 84, DECEMBER

  • Deposit

    1977, P. 33-38.

  • Deposit

    HOPPE, R., CUBA PLANNING GROWTH IN NICKEL, ENGINEERING AND

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, NOVEMBER, 1977, P. 123-126.

  • Deposit

    NICKEL, CUBA'S EXPANSION PLANS, MINING JOURNAL, DECEMBER,

  • Deposit

    1977, P. 495.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, VOL. 121, NO. 3, SEPTEMBER 1969.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1979, P. 55.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, JANUARY 1979, P. 75.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, VOL. 125, NO. 3, SEPTEMBER 1971, P. 258.

  • Deposit

    COMING-AN IMPORTANT NEW NICKEL PRODUCER, ENGINEERING AND

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, VOL. 155, NO. 7, P. 80-83.

  • Deposit

    DE VLETTER, HOW CUBAN NICKEL WAS FORMED-A LESSON IN LATERITE

  • Deposit

    GENESIS, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, VOL. 156, NO.

  • Deposit

    10, P. 84-87.

  • Deposit

    WEEGE, R. J., AND W. J. BERES, THE EXPLORATION AND DEVELOP-

  • Deposit

    MENT OF NICKEL LATERITES, PREPRINT OF PAPER PRESENTED

  • Deposit

    107TH ANNUAL MEETING A.I.M.E. DENVER COLORADO, FEBRUARY

  • Deposit

    27, 1978, 21 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-OCT-1992 Peterson, Gary R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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