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Found Here
Geology and deposit
- Host rock
- Cauto Belt — Peridotite
- Tectonic setting
- Obducted Ophiolite In Orogenic Belt
Tropical Weathering Of Obducted Ophiolite
Mining history
- Status
- Prospect
- Discovered
- 1905
- First production
- 1984
Records and references
CASE, J.E., 1980, CRUSTAL SETTING OF MAFIC AND ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS AND ASSOCIATED ORE DEPOSITS OF THE CARIBBEAN REGIO-N: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 80-304, 95 P. MINING MAGAZINE, 1970, CUBAN NICKEL: MINING MAGAZINE, V. 122, NO. 3, P. 165. (PA8)MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1982, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA--CUBA: LONDON, MINING JOURNAL LTD., MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, P-. 364. (C9, PA8)ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES, 1981, THE ECONOMICS OF NICKEL, 3D ED.: LONDON, ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES, [498] -P. PETERS, H.D., 1975, NICKEL: VORKOMMEN, PRODUKTION, BEDARFSDECKUNG IM RAHMEN DER WELTWIRTSCHAFT [NICKEL; OCCURRENC-E, PRODUCTION, AND SUPPLY IN WORLD TRADE]: ESSEN, (GERMANY) B-ERGBAU, ROHSTOFFE ENGERIE, VERLAG GLUCK AUF GMBH, V. 9, 112 P.- (RR1)DIMARIA, EUGENE, 1984, OCT. STARTUP FOR CUBA'S PUNTA GORDA NICKEL REFINERY: AMERICAN METAL MARKET, V. 92, NO. 120- (20 JUN), P. 6. (PA8)MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1983, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA--CUBA: LONDON, MINING JOURNAL LTD., P. 328. DIMARIA, EUGENE, 1984, CUBA IN MAJOR NICKEL THRUST: AMERICAN METAL MARKERT, V. 92, NO. 119 (19 JUN), P. 1, 11. (R-R2, RR25)AMERICAN METAL MARKET, 5/30/75. MINING MAGAZINE, 9/74, P. 212. MINING MAGAZINE, 9/75, P. 207. PA8: RF2, RF6
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10024522 — view the source record
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Location on Map
Coordinates: 20.58390, -74.84967
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