La Victoria

Past Producer in Camaguey, Cuba with commodity Chromium
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061499
MRDS ID TC34395
Record type Site
Current site name La Victoria

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.72475, 21.47915 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 22 KM NE OF CAMAGUEY, 5 KM NE OF ALTAGRACIA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Camaguey(province)

Cuba(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Cuba Camaguey

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 15
USGS model code 8a
Deposit model name Podiform chromite (minor)
Mark3 model number none

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.72475, 21.47915

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike NW-W; N10-30W
    Dip 35-80SW
    Length 289.56M
    Width 15.24M
  • General form LENSES
    Dip 35-80SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Camaguey District

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • VIRTUALLY EXHAUSTED IN APRIL 1943

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 PITS

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

    THAYER, T.P., 1942, CHROME RESOURCES OF CUBA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 935-A, 74 P.

  • Deposit

    FLINT, D.E., ALBEAR, J.F., AND GUILD, P.W., 1948, GEOLOGY AND CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF THE CAMAGUEY DISTRICT, CAMAGUEY PROVINCE, CUBA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 954-B, 63 P.

  • Deposit

    COX, D.P., AND SINGER, D.A., ED., 1986, MINERAL DEPOSIT MODELS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1693, 379 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    COX AND SINGER, (1986)

  • Reserve-Resource

    FLINT, ET.AL. (1948)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HAD SOME RESIDUAL CHROMITE ORE, LOOKS LIKE SEVERAL SEPARATE LENSES, FAULT BOUNDED ON W AND S; RESIDUAL ORE COVERED 0.2 HECTARES AND WAS ABOUT 1 FT DEEP; MAIN DEPOSIT 600 FT LONG, 150 FT WIDE (DEEP), AND 25 FT THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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