| Deposit ID | 10061280 |
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| MRDS ID | TC34141 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Bueycito Mines |
| Alternate or previous names | Includes Costa, Helen, Manuel, Oviedo, And Vicente Denouncements, Daniel Claim, Volumen De Workings |
| Geographic coordinates: | -76.74111, 20.15949 (WGS84) |
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| Location accuracy | 10000(meters) |
| Relative position | ABOUT 6 KM SE OF BUEYCITO |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Granma(province)
Cuba(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
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| Cuba | Granma |
| Commodity | Importance |
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| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
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| Psilomelane | Ore |
| Pyrolusite | Ore |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Jasper | Gangue |
| Zeolite | Gangue |
| Model code | 99 |
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| USGS model code | 24c.2 |
| Deposit model name | Volcanogenic Mn, Cuban |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
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| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff | ||
| Rock unit name | El Cobre Group | ||
| Rock description | El Cobre Group | ||
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| (1) | -76.74111, 20.15949 |
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| Development status | Past Producer |
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| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1914 |
| District name | Bueycito District |
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| Type | Owner-Operator |
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| Owner | Sun Development Co. |
| Year | 1926 | ||||||||||||||
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| Period | 1923-1926 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^45% Mn | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1942 | ||||||||||||||
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| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^47% Mn | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1943 | ||||||||||||||
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| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^46.7% Mn | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1944 | ||||||||||||||
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| Period | 1923-1944 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^45-47% Mn | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1944 | ||||||||||||||
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| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^45.4% Mn | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1940 | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | TC34141 |
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.
SIMONS, F.S., AND STRACZEK, J.A., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF CUBA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1057, P. 143-146.
MOSIER, D.L., AND PAGE, N.J., 1988, DESCRIPTIVE AND GRADE TONNAGE MODELS OF VOLCANOGENIC MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN OCEANIC ENVIRONMENTS - A MODIFICATION: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1811, 28 P.
CIMRI
SIMONS AND STRACZEK (1958)
| Subject category | Comment text |
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| Deposit | AREA IS 7,000 HECTARES; 88 POCKETS OF ORE FOUND; IN 1943, 39 WERE BEING WORKED, THE LARGEST CONTAINED 5000 TONS; ORE BEDS BROKEN DURING FORMATION OF AGGLOMERATE (BRECCIA) |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1992 | Page, Norman J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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