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Carlota

Past Producer in Villa Clara, Cuba with commodity Sulfur-Pyrite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  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 10105186
MRDS ID TC34429
Record type Site
Current site name Carlota
Alternate or previous names Minas Carlota, Carlota Concession, Victoria Concession

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.16009, 22.06413 (WGS84)
Elevation 1400
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 31 KM ESE OF CIENFUEGOS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Villa Clara(province)

Cuba(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Cuba Villa Clara

Comments on the location information

  • WAS IN OLD PROVINCE OF LAS VILLAS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur-Pyrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Albite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rutile Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Sphene Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSOCIATED ELEMENTS CU, ZN. HILL (1958) GIVES ANALYTICAL DATA FOR PYRITE CONCENTRATES CU, 0.16-1.34%
Result P, 0.0011-0.017%
Result SE AND TE, 0.002%. SHOWS GRAPH WITH AU CONTENTS
Result S22/S34 RATIOS 22.360 AND 22.345 +/- 0.01.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Guamuhaya Group
    Rock description Guamuhaya Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.16009, 22.06413
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 28.35M
    Length 609.6M
    Depth to top 208.79M

Comments on the geologic information

  • AT CONTACT OF LIMESTONE AND CARBONACEOUS QUARTZ-GRAPHITE-MUSCOVITE SCHISTS, TWO AND POSSIBLY THREE STRATIGRAPHIC LEVELS BROKEN UP BY FAULTING, AT LEAST 9 DRILL HOLES ON N-S SECTION; LENSES EXTEND TO DEPTH OF 240 M, THICKEST ABOUT 10 M. DRILLING AND GOSSANS SHOW THAT PYRITE BODIES ARE IN LIMESTONE ADJACENT TO GREENSTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1550
Year of first production 1865

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Phoenix Co. , Davidson Chemical Co. ; Freeport Sulphur Co.
    First year 1908
    Last year 1913

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CALCULATED PROBABLE AND DEVELOPED ORE IN LENS NO. 1 AND NO. 3 OF OREBODY NO. 1 THAT WAS IN PART MINED BY DAVIDSON CHEMICAL CO.

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED BY OUTCROP. 1860'S WORKED GOSSANS BY PITS, SHAFTS, DRIFTS, ADITS, AND TRENCHES FOR PYRITE. PHOENIX CO. SURFACE TRENCHING, ADITS, DRIFTS, 1415 FT CHURN DRILLING (DEEPEST HOLE 380 FT), SHAFT (160 FT) WITH CROSS-CUT AND 46 FT OF CLEAN PYRITE. DAVISON CHEMICAL CO. DID 10,718 FT OF DIAMOND DRILLING, MINED FROM 1919-1921 WITH 500 MEN. FREEPORT DID 11,942 FT OF DRILLING. NO. 1 OREBODY HAS NO. 1 LENS DEVELOPED FOR 2000 FT LENGTH AND THICKNESS OF 75 FT, AND LENS NO. 2 OF 600 FT LENGTH AND 93 FT THICKNESS.

Reference information

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General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS OF 3 TYPES (1) MASSIVE, FINELY CRYSTALLINE 50-100% PYRITE; (2) PYRITE IN GANGUE (20-50% PYRITE); (3) DISSEMINATED PYRITE CRYSTALS IN GRAPHITIC FOLIA. ORE IS BANDED. 15 OR MORE GOSSANS.
Deposit Discovery Year: 16TH CENTURY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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