Regional Report: Cuba

Fourteen provinces and one special municipality (the Isla de la Juventud) now comprise Cuba. These in turn were formerly part of six larger historical provinces: Pinar del Río, Habana, Matanzas, Las Villas, Camagüey and Oriente.

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Actinolite - 3

Albite - 65

'Amphibole Group' - 65

Analcime - 65

'Andesine-oligoclase' - 3

Anhydrite - 15

Antigorite - 17

Antillite - 25

'Apatite' - 3, 65

Apatite-(CaOH) - 66

Aragonite - 20

Arsenopyrite - 53, 48

Azurite - 15

Baryte - 54, 15, 9, 62, 16

'Bayate' - 54

Bornite - 32

Brochantite - 15

Calcite - 54, 20, 59, 15, 51

Celadonite - 39, 35

Chalcanthite - 15

'Chalcedony' - 40

Chalcopyrite - 4, 32, 22, 15, 26, 43, 57, 9, 33, 1, 18

'Chlorite Group' - 32, 15, 47, 65

Chloritoid - 17

'Chromian Clinochlore' - 51

Chromite - 6, 19, 24, 36, 38, 5, 46, 51, 60, 44, 47, 57

Chrysotile - 17

Clinochlore - 51

'Clinozoisite-Epidote Series' - 65

Copper - 15

Covellite - 15

Cryptomelane - 15

Cubanite - 4, 57

Cuprite - 15

Edenite - 3

'Electrum' - 46

'Ellestadite' - 2

Enargite - 32, 26

Epidote - 32, 15, 3

'Ferrian Chromite' - 51

Galena - 22, 15, 43, 9, 62

'Garnet Group' - 2, 65

Glaucophane - 65

Gold - 53, 41, 48, 9, 1

Gypsum - 15

Ilmenite - 46

Iridarsenite - 46

Jadeite - 65

'Jasper' - 39, 35

Laurite - 46

Lawsonite - 17

Limonite - 15

Lizardite - 17, 52

Magnesiohornblende - 3

Magnetite - 26, 46

Malachite - 15

Manganite - 54

Marcasite - 32

'Moss Opal' - 13

Neotocite - 54

Nontronite - 56

'Olivine' - 47

Omphacite - 65

Orientite - 54

'Orthopyroxene Subgroup' - 46

Paragonite - 65

Pentlandite - 57

Phengite - 65

Phlogopite - 65

Plumbojarosite - 9

'Pumpellyite' - 17

Pyrite - 4, 22, 15, 26, 43, 9, 62, 33, 1, 18

Pyrolusite - 54

Pyrrhotite - 4, 32, 22, 15, 26, 43, 57

Quartz - 54, 32, 15, 43, 48, 9, 65

Ranciéite - 54

Rutile - 48, 46, 51, 65

'Sericite' - 32

'Serpentine Group' - 36, 17, 47, 56, 42, 49, 58, 8, 65

Siderite - 13

Silicon - 53

Silver - 48

Sphalerite - 32, 22, 15, 43, 48, 9, 62

Stibnite - 48

Talc - 59

Tetrahedrite - 13

Titanite - 3, 51, 65

Todorokite - 54, 10, 39, 35

'Tourmaline' - 48

Uvarovite - 45, 51

Valleriite - 57

Whitlockite - 14

Wollastonite - 2

Zircon - 46, 65

94 minerals listed.

Locality Key

1	Arimao Cu deposit, Villa Clara Province, Cuba
2	Arimao-Norte, Cienfuegos Province, Cuba
3	Bahía Honda, Pinar del Río Province, Cuba
4	Barracanao (Baracoa), Moa-Baracoa District, Mayarí-Baracoa Belt, Oriente Province, Cuba
5	Caledonia Mine, Holguín Province, Cuba
6	Camagüey Mine, Camagüey Province, Cuba
7	Camagüey Province, Cuba
8	Camariocas deposit, Moa Ni ore field, Moa-Baracoa District, Mayarí-Baracoa Belt, Oriente Province, Cuba
9	Castellanos Mine, Santa Lucia-Matahambre district, Pinar del Río Province, Cuba
10	Charco Redondo Mine, Santa Rita, Oriente Province, Cuba
11	Ciego de Ávila Province, Cuba
12	Cienfuegos Province, Cuba
13	Cuba
14	Cueva Atabex, Santiago de Cuba Province, Cuba
15	El Cobre Mine, Santiago de Cuba, Sierra Maestra Mts, Oriente Province, Cuba
16	El Indio deposit, Pinar del Río Province, Cuba
17	Escambray Mts. (Sierra de Escambray), Villa Clara Province, Cuba
18	Eureca Cu deposit, Granma Province, Cuba
19	Ferrolana Mine, Camagüey Province, Cuba
20	Fuentes and Lechuza caves, Pinar del Río Province, Cuba
21	Granma Province, Cuba
22	Guachinango deposit, Matanzas Province, Cuba
23	Guantánamo Province, Cuba
24	Guillermina Mine, Camagüey Province, Cuba
25	Havana, La Habana Province, Cuba
26	Hierro Mantua orebody, Pinar del Río Province, Cuba
27	Holguín Province, Cuba
28	Isabel Maria deposit, Pinar del Río Province, Cuba
29	Isla de la Juventud (Isle of Pines; Island of Youth), Isla de la Juventud special municipality, Cuba
30	Isla de la Juventud special municipality, Cuba
31	Jagua deposit, Pinar del Río Province, Cuba
32	Júcaro deposit, Pinar del Río Province, Cuba
33	La Esperanza deposit, Santa Lucia-Matahambre district, Pinar del Río Province, Cuba
34	La Habana Province, Cuba

35	La Margarita, Cienfuegos Province, Cuba
36	La Victoria Mine, Camagüey Province, Cuba
37	Las Tunas Province, Cuba
38	Lolita Mine, Minas, Camagüey District, Camagüey Province, Cuba
39	Los Chivos, Holguín Province, Cuba
40	Madruga, La Habana Province, Cuba
41	Mantua mine, Pinar del Río Province, Cuba
42	Marti Mine, Nikaro Ni ore field, Mayarí District, Mayarí-Baracoa Belt, Oriente Province, Cuba
43	Matahambre Mine, Santa Lucia-Matahambre district, Pinar del Río Province, Cuba
44	Mayarí District, Mayarí-Baracoa Belt, Oriente Province, Cuba
45	Mayarí-Baracoa Belt, Oriente Province, Cuba
46	Mejías beach placer, Oriente Province, Cuba
47	Mercedita Cr deposit, Moa-Baracoa District, Mayarí-Baracoa Belt, Oriente Province, Cuba
48	Mina de Oro (Esperanza Mine; Delita gold deposit), Isla de la Juventud (Isle of Pines; Island of Youth), Isla de la Juventud special municipality, Cuba
49	Moa deposit, Moa Ni ore field, Moa-Baracoa District, Mayarí-Baracoa Belt, Oriente Province, Cuba
50	Moa Ni ore field, Moa-Baracoa District, Mayarí-Baracoa Belt, Oriente Province, Cuba
51	Moa-Baracoa District, Mayarí-Baracoa Belt, Oriente Province, Cuba
52	Nikaro Ni ore field, Mayarí District, Mayarí-Baracoa Belt, Oriente Province, Cuba
53	Nuevo Potosí deposit, Cuba
54	Oriente Province, Cuba
55	Pinar del Río Province, Cuba
56	Pinares-de-Mayarí deposit, Nikaro Ni ore field, Mayarí District, Mayarí-Baracoa Belt, Oriente Province, Cuba
57	Potosi Mine, Barracanao (Baracoa), Moa-Baracoa District, Mayarí-Baracoa Belt, Oriente Province, Cuba
58	Punta Gordo deposit, Moa Ni ore field, Moa-Baracoa District, Mayarí-Baracoa Belt, Oriente Province, Cuba
59	Quarry near Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud (Isle of Pines; Island of Youth), Isla de la Juventud special municipality, Cuba
60	Sagua de Tánamo District, Mayarí-Baracoa Belt, Oriente Province, Cuba
61	Sancti Spíritus Province, Cuba
62	Santa Lucia deposit, Santa Lucia-Matahambre district, Pinar del Río Province, Cuba
63	Santa Lucia-Matahambre district, Pinar del Río Province, Cuba
64	Santiago de Cuba Province, Cuba
65	Sierra del Convento, Guantánamo Province, Cuba
66	Sima del Jubo, Holguín Province, Cuba
67	Sta Gertrudis deposit, Pinar del Río Province, Cuba
68	Taratana Mine, El Cristo, Oriente Province, Cuba

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