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Quartz from
Castellanos Mine, Santa Lucia-Matahambre district, Pinar del RĂ­o Province, Cuba


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Castellanos Mine, Santa Lucia-Matahambre district, Pinar del RĂ­o Province, Cuba
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:605011
Long-form Identifier:1:3:605011:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
9.1km (5.6 miles) ⓘMatahambre Mine, Santa Lucia-Matahambre district, Pinar del Río Province, Cuba
80.0km (49.7 miles) ⓘJĂșcaro deposit, Pinar del RĂ­o Province, Cuba
References
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
Valdes-Nodarse, E. L. (1998) Pb-Zn "SEDEX" deposits and their copper stockwork roots, western Cuba. Mineralium Deposita, 33 (6) 560-567 doi:10.1007/s001260050172
Gómez-Vivo, D., Gervilla, F., Piña, R., Hernåndez-Díaz, R., & Azor, A. (2021). Gold in the Farallones Block of the Shale-Hosted, Clastic-Dominated Castellanos Zinc-Lead Deposit (Northwest Cuba). Minerals, 11(4), 414.
 
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