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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pentlandite
Formula:(NixFey)Σ9S8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pentlandite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Potosí Mine, Barracanao (Baracoa), Moa-Baracoa District, Holguín Province, Cuba
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:599544
Long-form Identifier:1:3:599544:8
GUID (UUID V4):d9a6b092-e31e-475d-957f-abc50a51a0d9
Nearest other occurrences of Pentlandite
11.6km (7.2 miles) Cayo Guam deposit, Moa-Baracoa District, Holguín Province, Cuba
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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...consist of Fe-Ni-Cu sulfides, namely pyrrhotite, pentlandite, 37 chalcopyrite and cubanite partly altered
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)
Therefore, PGE and in particular platinum and palladium mine production have grown continuously since the second...chromitites has been documented such as in the Moa Baracoa (Cuba), Nurali (Russia) and Berit (Turkey) ophiolites...Cr-rich chromitites in the ophiolites of Thetford Mine (Canada), Trodoos (Cyprus), Zambales (The Philippines)...Newfoundland Thetford Mine Moa Baracoa Troodos Loma Caribe Pindos Vourinos Otrhys Canada Cuba Cyprus Dominican...Newfoundland White Hills Middle Arm Brook Middle Arm Brook CUBA Potosi Potosi CYPRUS Troodos GREECE Othrys Othrys
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Krasta) in Albania, Oregon, USA, Moa- 209 Baracoa ophiolitic massif, Cuba and elsewhere is the occurrence...minerals pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite and minor pentlandite, hosted in mantle serpentinized 211 peridotites...Prichard et al., 1994; Proenza et al., 2001). Pentlandite-bearing mineralization, 227 accompanied by...mantle–crust transition zone in the Moa- 231 Baracoa ophiolitic massif (Cuba) is associated with sulfides...sulfides (pyrrhotite, pentlandite, cubanite, and 232 chalcopyrite) in a varying proportion. Brecciated chromite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(Unst), UK ophiolite [13], and the Moa-Baracoa ophiolitic massif (Cuba) [14]. On the basis of magmatic texture...minerals pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, and minor pentlandite) in mantle serpentinized peridotites and mafic...chalcopyrite, bornite, and in lesser amounts abandoned mine, at the Kondro Hill, very close to the village of...consist of pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, and minor Co-pentlandite. Furthermore, the Pindos massive sulphides differ...composed dominantly of troilite, maucherite, pentlandite, chalcopyrite, bornite, vallerite, magnetite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pargasite and bornite in magnesiochromite; d – a pentlandite inclusion in ferrian chromite (noted by the thick...Mg-Chr – magnesiochromite, Prg – Pargasite, Pn – pentlandite, Srp – serpentine, Spn – spinel. 52 Genesis...along cracks in chromian spinel. Awaruite and pentlandite (commonly enriched in Co) are the dominant BM...and composite grains; the latter are made of pentlandite–awaruite, awaruite–orcelite or millerite–awaruite...Abbreviations: Awr – awaruite, Sk – skaergaardite, Pn – pentlandite, Mlr – millerite, Zv – zvyagintsevite, Cu-Pd
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
as inclusions within chromites. Primary BMM (pentlandite and bornite) within the silicate matrix are poorly...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...lens-shaped bodies were exploited in past (Gechin mine). Layering has been largely obliterated by several...considered mafic-ultramafic units of Esfandagheh district as a part of Sanandaj-Sirjan metamorphic zone
Book (edition)
trillings, polysynthetic Löllingite Niggliite Pentlandite Reflection Colour & Ø Reflectance Pleochroism... 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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fe-chr, ferrian chromite; Chl, chlorite; Pn, pentlandite; Awr, awaruite; Orc, orcelite. highly sheared...the black dashed lines note the presence of pentlandite and the boundary between Pd-bearing tetra-auricupride...nielsenite; Awr, awaruite; Mlr, millerite; Pn, pentlandite; Zv, zvyagintsevite; Chl, chlorite. © 2010 The...olivinenorite dikes in the Potosí Mine (Moa-Baracoa ophiolitic massif, Eastern Cuba). Mineral. Deposita, 36
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
natural chromite, rhodonite, ilmenite, albite, pentlandite, wollastonite, kaersutite, sphalerite and synthetic...olivine-norite dikes in the Potosí mine (Moa-Baracoa ophiolitic massif, eastern Cuba). Miner. Depos. 2001,...Sulfide-Rich Chromitite from Potosí Mine (Moa-Baracoa Ophiolitic Massif, Eastern Cuba). In Geosciences-Africa...the Eastern Havana-Matanzas ophiolites (Western Cuba). Episodes 2015, 38, 334–343. [CrossRef] Leblanc
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
growth planes, and (4) Fe-oxides, pyrrhotite, pentlandite, galena, barite, apatite, and native gold. Intercumulus...mostly composed of pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, and pentlandite, with minor cubanite and makinawite (Mutanen...ilmenite, and rare sulfides (mainly pyrrhotite and pentlandite) (Santaguida et al. 2015). The top of the intrusion...2012; Malehmir et al. 2012) is now accessible from mine reports (Geological Survey of Finland website 2016)...so-called regular ore (also referred to by Kevitsa’s mine geologist as the “normal ore”). It Genesis of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
represents a new selenide from the El Dragón mine, Department of Potosí, Bolivia. It either occurs as minute...the highest mountain peak closest to the El Dragón mine. Keywords: cerromojonite; selenium; copper; lead;...occurrences: Pacajake, district of Hiaco de Charcas; and El Dragón, Province of Antonio Quijarro; both...both in the Department of Potosí. The El Dragón mineralization represents a multi-phase assemblage of primary...sea level), located about 800 m northeast of the mine. Unnamed phase “C”, described at El Dragón already
Report (issue)
production at two important mines in Bolivia, Porco and Potosí, are described. Petersen’s field work indicates...use today. Native copper from the Cerro de Pasco Mine, a shell used as a palette for mixing cinnabar-based...in Latin America. The pleasure has certainly been mine. I would like to express my sincere thanks and appreciation...Adán, Casma; Mina de Escoruro, Santa Isabel de Potosí, Bolivia. Anthracite, (C). Black, vitreous, submetallic...names, quillimsa or sansa in Quechua (González Holguín, 1608), wood that burns without flame (Middendorf
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hg)(Bi,Pb)Se2, is a new selenide from the El Dragόn mine, Bolivia. It typically occurs in thin subparallel...occurrences: Pacajake, district of Hiaco de Charcas, and El Dragόn, Province of Antonio Quijarro, both...Society Department of Potosí. The geology and ore mineralization of the El Dragόn mine was first explored...have been discovered in samples from the El Dragón mine, labelled phases ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ (cf. Paar et al...de Bolivia, the plant operator for the Pulacayo mine. He was later administrator, manager, and owner
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Abstract: In a section of the abandoned Pb –As mine of Baccu Locci (SE Sardinia), where several Se-bearing...chalcopyrite, sphalerite, cinnabar, pyrite, pyrrhotite, pentlandite are also good concentrators of Se, depending...Ag – Sn mining district of Potosí, Bolivia (Southern part of the polymetallic Province of the Altiplano)...occurring in the ores of the Andean polymetallic province of central Peru, the Se concentrations in ore...pyrrhotite tetrahedrite tennantite freibergite pentlandite cubanite bournonite meneghinite stefanite wittichenite
Report (issue)
white areas). Sample is from the Buckskin National Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada. Photograph by Peter Vikre...............................................Q26 Mine Waste Characteristics.............................1989). The total U.S. supply was always higher than mine production during this period, with a high of 831...as indicated in fig Q3.) The difference between mine production and total supply was owing to the refineries’...of selenium-rich high-grade ores from the Horne Mine at Noranda, Quebec, Canada; by 1950, Canada’s production
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
photos. September/October: Silver crystals, Bachelor mine, Amethyst vein system, Mineral County, Colorado;...413; Nevada, 515 Annabergite, Kilometer 3 Mine, Laurium District, Greece, R. B. Cook, 154–59 Apatite, nomenclature...Connoisseur’s Choice, Annabergite, Kilometer 3 Mine, Laurium District, Greece, R. B. Cook, 154–59; Calaverite...Exploration and Mining History of the de Linde Wavellite Mine, East Dug Hill Area, Near Avant, Garland County... J., Update on the Mineralogy of the San Rafael Mine, Nye County, Nevada, 512–24 Hidalgoite, Nevada,
Book (edition)
Oregonite II/B.12-50 Hauchecornite II/B.15-20 Pentlandite II/B.16-10 Miassite II/B.16-80 Mackinawite II/B...(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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals in the western Erzgebirge metallogenic province of Germany are associated with unconformity-related...12°40’E), in the Schneeberg – Schlema – Alberoda ore district, is the major selenide occurrence in the Erzgebirge...forming the Schneeberg – Schlema – Alberoda ore district (Schneeberg, Oberschlema, Niederschlema – Alberoda;...forming the Schneeberg – Schlema – Alberoda ore district and the distribution of the various groups of...Pd, and Pt, chalcopyrite for Fe, Cu, and S, pentlandite for Ni, sphalerite for Zn, Ag2Te for Ag and Te
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CuNi2Se4, is a new selenide species from the El Dragón mine, Department of Potosı́, Bolivia. It most frequently...INTRODUCTION The ore mineralization at El Dragón, Province of Antonio Quijarro, in the Andes of Bolivia is...comprehensively described by Grundmann & Förster (2017). The mine is located in southwestern Bolivia, in the Cordillera...southwest of Cerro Rico de Potosı́. The abandoned mine is located at 198 49 0 23.90 00 S (latitude), 658...04 0.46 chalcopyrite chalcopyrite cobaltite pentlandite chalcopyrite synthetic Bi2Se3 1d ¼ standard
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cacheuta Vein-Type Se Mineralization, Mendoza Province, Argentina Günter Grundmann 1 and Hans-Jürgen...Cacheuta vein-type Se mineralization in the Mendoza Province predominantly consists of clausthalite, klockmannite...from Cacheuta from Argentinian Se deposits in the Province of La Rioja: (I) trachytic host rock fragments...selenium mineralization in the Sierra de Cacheuta district, also known as el Cerro de Cacheuta, Minerals... Minerals 2018, 8, 127 2 of 22 in the Mendoza Province. Sierra de Cacheuta is the type locality of achavalite
Book
V7 S8 , was discovered in the abandoned chromium mine of Agios Stefanos of the Othrys ophiolite, located...eliopoulosite; sulfide; chromitite; Agios Stefanos mine; Othrys; ophiolite; Greece 1. Introduction Only...studied sample was collected in the abandoned chromium mine of Agios Stefanos, located a few km southwest of...showing the location of the Agios Stefanos chromium mine (B) and (C) detailed geological setting of the Agios...Ni-V-Co phosphides in chromitite of Agios Stefanos mine, Othrys ophiolite, Greece. Ofioliti 2018, 43, 131–145
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Av. Sierra Leona 550, Lomas 2a Sección, San Luis Potosí, S.L.P. 78210, México...Industrial Minera México S.A. de C.V., San Luis Potosí, S.L.P., México 3) Centro Universitario de Ciencias...collected and selected from Charcas located in San Luis Potosí (Mexico). A typical three-electrode electrochemical...financially supported by Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí (No. PROMEP/UASLP/12/ CA15) and National Council...studies of xanthate adsorption on chalcopyrite, pentlandite and pyrite surfaces, J. Mol. Struct., 1048(2013)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Sierra Leona 550, San Luis Potosí, S.L.P. C.P. 78210, Mexico 2 Facultad...(1) ions from water resources like underground and mine water; (2) reagents addition and (3) ore oxidation...presentation of the water flowsheet in a Boliden mine in the 1980s plant tests were conducted with Andacollo...(Moreno et al. 2011). The raw ore from Las Luces mine contains 1.1% Cu and 6 g t−1 Ag. Final concentrate...for sphalerite/quartz samples from the Yunnan Province, PRC. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical
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
 
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