El Cobre

Past Producer in Santiago De Cuba, Cuba with commodities Pyrite, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001347
MRDS ID TC35664
Record type District
Current site name El Cobre
Alternate or previous names Londrena, Isabelita, Santuario, San Juan Shaft, San Joaquin, Preserverancia, La Angelita, San Andres, Democracia, Veins: San Nicolas, San Francisco, Almaden

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.948, 20.0537 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR VILLA DEL COBRE IN SIERRA MAESTRA.

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pyrite Primary
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.948, 20.0537

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1600
Discoverer Farnando Nunez Lobo

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner CONSOLIDADA C.A.
    First year 1830
    Last year 1882
  • Type Owner
    Owner SANTIAGO C.A.ENGLISH CO.
    First year 1830
  • Type Owner
    Owner COMPANIA DE SAN JOSE
    First year 1830
  • Type Owner
    Owner COMPANIA ECONOMIA
  • Type Owner
    Owner COMPANIA DEL FERROCARRIL DEL COBRE
    First year 1882
    Last year 1900
  • Type Owner
    Owner COMPANIA SAN JOSE COPPER MINES
    First year 1901
  • Type Owner
    Owner EL COBRE MINES
    First year 1902
    Last year 1911
  • Type Owner
    Owner CUBA COPPER CO.
    First year 1911

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

    ALLENDE, ROQUE, 1927, YACIMIENTOS MINERALES DE LA REPUBLICA DE CUBA-COBRE: BOLETIN DE MINAS, DIRECCION DE MONTES Y MINAS Y AGUA HABANA, NO. 11, 148 P.

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.