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Chromitite from
Potosí Mine, Barracanao (Baracoa), Moa-Baracoa District, Holguín Province, Cuba


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Type:Chromitite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chromitite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Potosí Mine, Barracanao (Baracoa), Moa-Baracoa District, Holguín Province, Cuba
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1290129
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1290129:8
GUID (UUID V4):0e339585-8a79-45a7-a578-e43126c772a6
Nearest other occurrences of Chromitite
11.6km (7.2 miles) Cayo Guam deposit, Moa-Baracoa District, Holguín Province, Cuba
16.8km (10.5 miles) Mercedita Cr deposit, Moa-Baracoa District, Holguín Province, Cuba
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
differentiation of tholeiitic melts (Moa-Baracoa ophiolite, Cuba) Núria Pujol-Solà, Joaquín A. Proenza...differentiation of tholeiitic melts (Moa-Baracoa ophiolite, Cuba), LITHOS(2020), https://doi.org/10.1016/...differentiation of tholeiitic melts (Moa-Baracoa ophiolite, Cuba) Núria Pujol-Solà1 , Joaquín A. Proenza1...in the Potosí chromitite bodies located in the Moho Transition Zone of the Cretaceous Moa-Baracoa suprasubduction...suprasubduction zone ophiolite (eastern Cuba). Such HFSE-bearing phases were found in the interaction zone
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
magmatic Fe-Ni-Cu sulfides from the Potosí chromitite deposit, eastern Cuba José M. González-Jiménez, Joaquin...magmatic Fe-Ni-Cu sulfides from the Potosí chromitite deposit, eastern Cuba, Ore Geology Reviews (2020), doi:...magmatic Fe-Ni-Cu sulfides from the Potosí chromitite deposit, eastern Cuba 4 5 José M. González-Jiméneza...es 31 1 32 33 Abstract The Moa-Baracoa ophiolite in eastern Cuba is one of the few known 34 ophiolites...this study confirm that Fe- 45 Ni-Cu sulfides at Potosí are magmatic in origin, and very likely derived
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
than 1 and represent about 7% of the ophiolitic chromitite population. These chromitites occur in the mantle...phases together with Ni-Cu-Fe sulfides in the host chromitite and the silicate matrix. After their magmatic...conditions of the Creative Commons Keywords: chromitite; ophiolite; platinum group elements; platinum...Therefore, PGE and in particular platinum and palladium mine production have grown continuously since the second...Therefore, the IPGE are more concentrated in chromitite, while PPGE tend to follow the sulfides [4].
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
involved. This review forms the basis for MA chromitite-genesis models that integrate new geochemical...in PT particular provide new insights into chromitite formation. Differences in the morphology, structural...Os-isotope heterogeneity in PGMs within single chromitite samples, as described in Part I, provides clear...This explains the general NU association of chromitite with the dunitic portions of ophiolitic mantle;...represent the original host rock intruded by chromitite- MA forming fluids. Keywords: PT 1. Introduction
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
defined separate fields corresponding to various chromitite types. Large chromite deposits exhibit 29 low...compositional variation, (3) the presence of only small chromitite occurrences of both high-Cr and -Al 144 type...same chromitite body and (4) a wide range in their PGE 145 content, in contrast to the chromitite ores...than in high-Cr ones (Table 2). However, small chromitite occurrences, ranging in composition from 169...chondrite-normalized PGE patterns show a negative slope for chromitite from large deposits (Fig. 173 4a) and IPGE-elevated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
is reported for the first time. Two types of chromitite have been recognized; one with high-Cr composition...the evolved melt. Besides laurite, the high-Al chromitite contains a complex assemblage of secondary PGM...The relative abundance of PPGE in the high-Al chromitite is interpreted as a result of PGE fractionation...12 June 2022 Accepted: 28 July 2022 Keywords: chromitite; platinum group minerals; ophiolite; Sebuku Island;...creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/). 1. Introduction Chromitite is an economically important rock, because it
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
processes, hydrothermal alteration can also enrich a chromitite body in PPGE (e.g., Malitch et al. 2001). Specifically...intercalated with cherts (Cretaceous) 39 49' 30" Chr Chromitite occurences (Samples K1-6, G1-4) 2. Previous...area showing the location from which the studied chromitite samples were collected. genesis of Korydallos...remarkable compositional differences compared to other chromitite deposits from the Pindos Genesis of chromitites...(2008a) also studied in situ the same Korydallos chromitite samples previously investigated by Tarkian et
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(Unst), UK ophiolite [13], and the Moa-Baracoa ophiolitic massif (Cuba) [14]. On the basis of magmatic texture...chalcopyrite, bornite, and in lesser amounts abandoned mine, at the Kondro Hill, very close to the village of...contents in sulphide occurrences associated with chromitite bodies in the Othrys (Eretria) peridotites may...[50], and the associated sulphide V7 S8 [51] in chromitite concentrates from the Othrys ophiolite are consistent...interaction between chromitite and pegmatitic olivine–norite dikes in the Potosí Mine (Moa-Baracoa ophiolitic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Southern Iran, host major actively exploited chromitite rn bodies, variably enriched in PGE. The Platinum...Geological Setting The Haji Abad-Esfandagheh district of Kerman province, Southern Iran, is located in a very...long and 5-10 km wide E-W trending area in this district (Jannessary et al., 2012; Najafzadeh and Ahmadipour...largest chromite producers in Iran after the Faryab chromitite deposits. f 2.1. Abdasht complex oo Abdasht...to Jannessary et al. (2012) there are several chromitite ore bodies in the Abdasht complex al that follow
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
southwestern North America. We interpret these chromitite zircons as remnants of partly digested continental...tectonic scenario that involves the formation of chromitite in the supra-subduction zone mantle wedge AC...continental subduction, dated at  311 Ma. Keywords: Chromitite, zircon, UHP conditions, mantle recycling, Baja...geophysics, gives us a more accurate view of chromitite genesis and its implications for large-scale...California Sur state, Mexico. This is an example of a chromitite-bearing arc-basin ophiolite generated in the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Korydallos area. The concentrate of the composite chromitite sample contained 159 PGM grains, including, in...the in situ mineralogical examination of single chromitite samples. Although, the majority of the PGM occur...nugget effect of PGM in the chromitites. Ten chromitite samples were investigated from the area of Korydallos...harzburgite-dunite masses (>1000 km2), which hosts small chromitite bodies (Trygona, Pefki, Milia, Korydallos, etc...of Korydallos chromitites Ten representative chromitite samples were collected from the area of Korydallos
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
exotic platinum-group-mineral-rich and Mg-poor chromitite in the Kevitsa Ni-Cu-platinum-group-elements...paper offers the first-ever study of a local chromitite stringer (~ 2 cm wide) enriched in platinum-group...Kevitsa Ni-Cu-PGE deposit. Chromite forming this chromitite is rich in Cr2O3 (29.06 37.17 wt%) and FeO (FeOtotal...56.06 wt%) and low in MgO (0.04 0.91 wt%). The chromitite host an unusual set of mineral inclusions including:...Pyroxenes (diopside) located immediately above the chromitite stringer exhibit higher CaO (23.02 25.42 wt%)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
deposits related to andesitic magmatism (Khan Kandi district, NW Iran)—Ali Abedini, Mansour Rezaei Azizi, and...brine and redbed-derived fluid: Schwarzwald mining district, SW-Germany—Benjamin F. Walter, Jordan L. Jensen...volcanic-intrusive complex in the Zijinshan ore district, southeast China: Implications for different stages...country rocks in the Shangdan uranium mineralization district of North Qinling orogenic belt, China—Feng Yuan...lithosphere: A new model for the Jiaodong gold province, eastern China—Jun Deng, Qingfei Wang, M. Santosh
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Angarf-Sud pegmatite, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ region, Morocco. It occurs in...from the Biraya Fe-REE deposit, north of Irkutsk district, 145 km east of Bodaibo city, Russia. It is associated...Cu6BiSe4(Se2), a new mineral species from the El Dragón mine, Potosí, Bolivia, and its crystal structure. Canadian...at the El Dragón mine known for its selenium mineralization and located in province of Quijarro, Department...Department of Potosí, Bolivia. This new mineral species is named after the location where it was discovered
Book (edition)
Mineral Descriptions Molybdenite in Graphite; Bogala Mine, Sri Lanka 51 Copper, native Synonym(s): Cuivre...of cuprite (bluish grey); North Mine (North Broken Hill Mine; NBH Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co.,...(red internal reflections); Madenköy Mine, Çayeli, Rize Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey (sample: Halbach);...(greenish grey; arg); Monte Narba Mine, San Vito, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy; PPL B Same sample...matrix (dark grey); Himmelsfürst Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Sachsen, Germany
Book
Eliopoulosite, V7S8, A New Sulfide from the Podiform Chromitite of the Othrys Ophiolite, Greece Reprinted from:...Grammatikopoulosite, NiVP, a New Phosphide from the Chromitite of the Othrys Ophiolite, Greece Reprinted from:...Positively fractionated δ53 Cr values of all chromitite samples from Othrys and of high-Al chromitites...Grammatikopoulosite, NiVP, a New Phosphide from the Chromitite of the Othrys Ophiolite, Greece. Minerals 2020...Eliopoulosite, V7 S8 , A New Sulfide from the Podiform Chromitite of the Othrys Ophiolite, Greece. Minerals 2020
Report (volume)
.........................................498 Chromitite-hosted layered intrusion PGM .......................................................498 Non-chromitite-hosted PGM in layered intrusions .......................................................534 Chromitite-hosted PGM in CUAAC ...........................magmatic stage. Recent work on samples from Creighton Mine, Sudbury (Dare et al. 2010) have shown that the...early-formed MSS in contact ore at the Creighton Mine, Sudbury. The euhedral irarsite–hollingworthite
Book
is the minimum grade at which it is worthwhile to mine a certain deposit. Everything below it (low-grade...chalcopyrite (brass) from the Friedrich-Christian Mine in Wildschapbach, Black Forest (Germany) (photo...black Fig. 1.2 Chalcopyrite on quartz. Silberwiese Mine, Oberlahr, Westerwald (Germany) (photo © Monika...CuS (Fig. 1.4). Fig. 1.5 Chalcocite from Mammoth Mine, Mount Isa-Cloncurry Territory (Queensland, Australia)...Introduction Fig. 1.6 Tetrahedrite from Wenzel Mine in Oberwolfach, Black Forest (Germany) (photo ©
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
soon progressed to shallow depth, resulting in a mine. The numbers of mines and intensity of ACCEPTED...colonialism, modern economic booms (Belich, 2009). Active mine numbers and sizes skyrocketed during two World Wars...rapidly growing number of mineral discoveries and mine establishment was partly driven by the discovery...of conquests and non-military acquisitions. But mine importance and fame did not necessarily correspond...in the world ocean interpreted as a single VMS district. What both groupings of natural metal occurrences
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
crystals with feldspar, from Cerro Huañaquino, Potosí Department, Bolivia. (b) The sulfospinel carrollite...cube-octahedral crystal with calcite from Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga, Democratic...after the city of Filipstad, near which the Långban mine is 3+ 2+ located. The ideal chemical formula is...its type locality, the Franklin mine, New Jersey, U.S.A. Both the mine and the mineral took their name...described by von Moll (1807) from the Falun copper mine, Dalama, Sweden, gahnite was named after the Swedish
Report (issue)
.B3 Graph showing dates associated with all the mine sites on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s...production, U.S. apparent consumption, and U.S. mine production of antimony from 1900 to 2012............................F2 Graph showing world cobalt mine and refinery production and apparent consumption.....................F2 Graph showing world cobalt mine production from 1950 to 2011......................F4. Pie chart showing percentage of world cobalt mine production in 2011, by country.................
Book (edition)
(yellowish white), quartz (dark grey); New Bullfrog mine, Nye Co., Nevada, USA [h]; Nic. // Anhedral electrum...(greenish grey), quartz (dark grey); New Bullfrog mine, Nye Co., Nevada, USA [h]; Nic. // Anhedral electrum...(bluish grey shades), quartz (dark grey); New Bullfrog mine, Nye Co., Nevada, USA [h]; Nic. // 8 Gold A ...sample - photo A), dolomite (dark grey); Harstigen Mine, Pajsberg, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden [j]; Nic...dolomite (milky internal reflections); Harstigen Mine, Pajsberg, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden [j]; Nic
Book
50, p. 164-168 Heim, Α., 1 9 3 4 , The molybdenum mine at Azegour: Soc. Econ. Geol., v. 29, p. 76-83..., Allanite et epidote dans des corneennes de la mine d'Azegour, Haut-Atlas: Serv. Geol. Maroc. Notes... Maroc): Libr. ünivers. Geneve, 88 p. Notes The mine at Azegour is located on the north side of the High...after 1956; the interest that the geology of the mine has aroused is shown by the large number of publications...the most important of which contains the Azegour mine, and (4) the Toulkine band that abuts against the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
metamorphosed dunite-harzburgite complex in the Chugoku district, western Japan. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 52...S. and Abe, N., 1994, Podiform chromitite in the arc mantle: chromitite xenoliths from the Takashima alkali...mantle beneath the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province (NCVP) , British Columbia, Canada. Lithos, 87... 570 荒井 章司・石丸 mafic xenoliths from San Luis Potosí, Central Mexico. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 111...element and mineral characteristics of sub-arc chromitite xenoliths from the Takashima alkali basalt, Southwest
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2005). The world’s largest Hg deposit, the Almadén district of central Spain, is representative of concentrations...reworking of the mercury-hosting rocks of the Almadén district (primary mineralization 427–380 Ma) led to at...mining district, including the New Almadén mine in Santa Clara County and the New Idria mine in San Benito...mercury producers), represents a single mineralized province with ages restricted to the last 5.3 million years...in the literature. For example, the Hg mining district of Pike County, Arkansas, is hosted in Carboniferous
 
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