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Florencia

Past Producer in Camaguey, Cuba with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061517
MRDS ID TC34419
Record type Site
Current site name Florencia
Alternate or previous names Jobabo, Golden Hill, Maclama Hill

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.32391, 21.035 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 11 KM NE OF COLOMBIA

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
Gold Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Guaimaro Formation
    Rock description Guaimaro Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.32391, 21.035
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Name GOLDEN HILL
    Strike N75-80W}}
    Dip STEEP, SE}}
    Length 600M
    Width 5M
  • Name MACLAMA
    Dip STEEP, SE}}

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN DRILLED TO ABOUT 90 M BELOW SURFACE, 11 DRILL HOLES; VEIN OR MINERALIZED ZONE PARALLELS FAULTS AND SHEAR ZONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Macdonald Mines Exploration Geominera S. A.
    First year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner Geo Minera
    First year 1994

Comments on development

  • BEST SURFACE RESULTS 0.17 OZ/T AU OVER 17.1 FT, 0.42 OZ/T AU OVER 85 FT, 15 HOLES TOTALLING 8200 FT (1994) TO TEST PREVIOUS MINERALIZED ZONES; SOME HIGH GRADE INTERSECTIONS AT DEPTHS OF 200-600 FT; 0.98 OZ/T AU OVER 6.9 FT, 1.21 OZ/T AU OVER 4.1 FT, 0.47 OZ/T AU OVER 10.7 FT, 11 OTHER INTERCEPTS FROM 0.1 TO 0.32 OZ/T AU OVER 3 TO 8 FT.

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

    ANON., 1995, MACDONALD CUTS GOLD IN CUBA: THE NORTHERN MINER, JANUARY 23, 1995, V. 80, NO. 47M P. 1-2.

  • Deposit

    CHRISTIE, BRIAN, 1995, CANADIAN-LED EXPLORATION BOOM UNDER WAY IN CUBA: THE NORTHERN MINER, MARCH 27, 1995, V. 81, NO. 4, P. C-1 AND C-11.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODY 1: SAMPLES UP TO 299 G/MT AU. ORE BODY 2: MAGNETITE-RICH SKARN WITH GRAB SAMPLES UP TO 27.44 G/MT AU.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-93 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-95 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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