Description
Senor Carlos Miranda
Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formLENSES
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Copper, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
GangueAnkerite, Hematite, Limonite, Quartz, Siderite
Geology
Host rockSandstone · San Cayetano Formation
StructureDeposit In Nw Limb Of Plunging Major Anticline To Nne Whose Beds Dip Nw At Moderate Angles. Axial Plane Bothh Steeper And Flatter Than Bedding.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1917
Discovery year1913
Identification
Deposit ID10107057
MRDS IDTC34442
Alternate namesBody 44, Gustavo Alfredo Mine
RegionCR
Data scoreC
Coordinates22.58828, -83.93491
References
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.BENES, R. AND HANUS, VACLAV, 1967, STRUCTURAL CONTROL AND HISTORY OF ORIGIN OF HYDROTHERMAL METALLOGENY IN WESTERN CUBA: MINERALIUM DEPOSITA, V. 2, P. 318-333.PENNEBAKER, E.N., 1944, STRUCTURAL RELATIONS OF THE COPPER DEPOSITS AT MATAHAMBRE, CUBA [ABS]: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 39, NO. 1, P. 10.ALLENDE, ROQUE, 1927, YACIMIENTOS MINERALES DE LA REPUBLICA DE CUBA-COBRE: BOLETIN DE MINES, DIRECCION DE MONTES Y MINAS Y AGUA HABANA, NO. 11, 148 P.CIMRIALLENDE (1927).SANTOS, ET.AL.(1988)