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Amy

Occurrence 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061318
MRDS ID TC34181
Record type Site
Current site name Amy

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.31332, 20.19559 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 3 KM SE OF LOS NEGROS

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); ON HILL EAST OF RIO MOGOTE; WAS IN OLD PROVINCE OF ORIENTE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.31332, 20.19559
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Los Negros District

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO ORE FOUND IN EXPLORATION IN 1943.

Comments on the workings information

  • CUT 30 M IN DIAMETER IN LIMESTONE; SHAFT AND ADIT (35M) IN TUFF.

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. 215.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    SIMONS AND STRACZEK (1958)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CUT IN GRANZON; NO MN OXIDES IN LIMESTONE OR UNDERLYING TUFF

Reporter information

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

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