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Mayarí-Baracoa Belt, Oriente Province, Cuba

Paired ophiolitic belt in eastern Cuba with podiform chromite bodies and nickel deposits in the weathering crusts of ultramafic massifs.



References:
- Economic Geology (1999) 94, 547-566.
- Lazarenkov, V.G., Tikhomirov, I.N., Zhidkov, A.Y., and Talovina, I.V. (2005): Platinum Group Metals and Gold in Supergene Nickel Ores of the Moa and Nikaro Deposits (Cuba). Lithology and Mineral Resources 40(6), 521-527.




Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities


Mineral List:
Calcite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chromite
var: Ferrian Chromite
Clinochlore
var: Chromian Clinochlore
Cubanite (TL)
Lizardite
Nontronite
'Olivine'
Pentlandite
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite
Rutile
'Serpentine Group'
Titanite
Uvarovite
Valleriite


32 entries listed. 14 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

Localities in this Region:
Cuba
 
  • Oriente Province
    • Mayarí-Baracoa Belt

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