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Castellanos Mine, Santa Lucia-Matahambre district, Pinar del Río Province, Cubai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Castellanos Mine | Mine |
| Santa Lucia-Matahambre district | District |
| Pinar del Río Province | Province |
| Cuba | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
22° 38' 12'' North , 83° 58' 25'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Minas de Matahambre | 34,419 (2015) | 6.3km |
| Viñales | 27,129 (2016) | 27.4km |
| Puerto Esperanza | 3,331 (2015) | 28.9km |
| Pinar del Río | 186,990 (2016) | 37.5km |
| San Luis | 6,690 (2015) | 45.4km |
SEDEX-type Pb-Zn orebodies hosted in black shales. A sandstone-hosted stockwork copper orebody is located below.
The shale-hosted Castellanos Zn-Pb-Ba deposit is about 700 m long, 4.6 to 76 m thick, and extends downdip to a maximum of 300 m. It trends northeast parallel to the enclosing country rocks and dips about 50 ø northwest. It is cut by a number of transverse faults striking northwest and dipping steeply southwest. Crosscutting veinlets and stringers of chalcopyrite-quartz-carbonate uderlie the stratiform Zn-Pb ores near the northeast end of the deposit. The attitude of the copper stringer zone is parallel to subparallel to the transverse faults. Reserves are estimated at about 12,000,000 t grading 2.4 percent Zn, 3.2 percent Pb, 43 g/t Ag, and 7.9 percent Ba.
The shale-hosted Castellanos Zn-Pb-Ba deposit is about 700 m long, 4.6 to 76 m thick, and extends downdip to a maximum of 300 m. It trends northeast parallel to the enclosing country rocks and dips about 50 ø northwest. It is cut by a number of transverse faults striking northwest and dipping steeply southwest. Crosscutting veinlets and stringers of chalcopyrite-quartz-carbonate uderlie the stratiform Zn-Pb ores near the northeast end of the deposit. The attitude of the copper stringer zone is parallel to subparallel to the transverse faults. Reserves are estimated at about 12,000,000 t grading 2.4 percent Zn, 3.2 percent Pb, 43 g/t Ag, and 7.9 percent Ba.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
17 valid minerals.
* - Minerals that have never been found, but their existence is inferred in some way (e.g. from pseudomorphs)
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Covellite | 2.CA.05a | CuS |
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Wurtzite ? | 2.CB.45 | (Zn,Fe)S |
| ⓘ | Pyrrhotite | 2.CC.10 | Fe1-xS |
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Magnetite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
| ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Siderite | 5.AB.05 | FeCO3 |
| ⓘ | Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| ⓘ | var. Iron-bearing Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | Ca(Mg,Fe)(CO3)2 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Anhydrite ? | 7.AD.30 | CaSO4 |
| ⓘ | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
| ⓘ | Plumbojarosite | 7.BC.10 | Pb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Chlorite Group' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Serpentine Subgroup' | - | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 |
| ⓘ | 'Apatite' | - | Ca5(PO4)3A |
List of minerals for each chemical element
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References
[1]Whitehead, R. E., Davies, J. F., Valdes-Nodarse, E. L., Diaz-Carmona, A. (1996) Mineralogical and chemical variations, Castellanos shale-hosted Zn-Pb-Ba deposit, northwestern Cuba. Economic Geology, 91 (4) 713-722 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.91.4.713
