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Mercedes, Ancash, Fer-Mi, Guido, San Antonio, Rolando, Colorado Claims

Occurrence in Isla De La Juventud*, Cuba with commodities Tungsten, Copper, Tin
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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 10061541
MRDS ID TC34448
Record type Site
Current site name Mercedes, Ancash, Fer-Mi, Guido, San Antonio, Rolando, Colorado Claims
Alternate or previous names Lela Mine
Related records 10061544

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.01989, 21.70054 (WGS84)
Elevation 38
Relative position E OF COLONY, 30 MILES SW OF NUEVA GERONA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Isla De La Juventud*(province)

Cuba(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Cuba Isla De La Juventud*

Comments on the location information

  • AJOIN AGUEDITA, LELA, AND OTHER CLAIMS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 46
USGS model code 15a
Deposit model name W veins

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Santa Fe Formation
    Rock description Santa Fe Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.01989, 21.70054
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.22M
    Length 60.96M

Comments on the geologic information

  • NUMEROUS GOSSANS AND VEINS BUT NO TUNGSTEN MINERALS OBSERVED IN 1941.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1939

Mining district

District name Siguanea District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Pan-American, Jesus Estrella, Miguel Tarafa, S. C. E. Melkman
    First year 1939

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO FERBERITE WAS OBSERVED IN 1941

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THICKNESS RANGES FROM 2 TO 4 FT. OVERALL AREA IS 700 HA.

Reporter information

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

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