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Portugal 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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061232
MRDS ID TC34090
Record type Site
Current site name Portugal Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.74776, 20.10977 (WGS84)
Elevation 215
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1 KM S OF EL CRISTO

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

  • WAS IN OLD ORIENTE PROVINCE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Manganite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Jasper Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 97
USGS model code 24c
Deposit model name Volcanogenic Mn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name El Cobre
    Rock description El Cobre
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.74776, 20.10977
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BED, LENS
    Thickness 3M
    Length 150M
    Width 60M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1887

Mining district

District name El Cristo District - San Luis Group

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Manuel Dumois Of Compania Minera La Llave, S. A.
    First year 1942
    Last year 1945
  • Type Owner
    Owner Marcelino Alonzo (Up To At Least
    Last year 1946

Comments on the production information

  • ORE CONTAINS 25-30% MN, SMALL AMOUNT PRODUCED IN 1945; TOTAL PRODUCTION NOT KNOWN.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINED OUT LOWER BED

Comments on the workings information

  • WERE 2 PRINCIPAL ADITS

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, P. 175.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    SIMONS AND STRACZEK (1958)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THICKNESS RANGES FROM 0.15 TO 3.0 METERS. THERE ARE 2 MINERALIZED BEDS, MIDLE AND LOWER, LOWER ONE ONLY ONE MINED, AVERAGE THICKNESS 3 M; ORE RICHEST OVER AND NEAR JASPER MASSES.
Deposit PORTUGAL, SAN LUIS, AND TORDERA MINES MINED SAME DEPOSIT

Reporter information

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

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