Locality type:
Mine
Classification
Species:
Chalcocite
Formula:
Cu2S
Confirmation
Validity:
Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:
Click here to view Chalcocite data
Locality Data:
Click here to view Cerro de Maimón Mine (Cerro de Maimón deposit), Maimón, Monseñor Nouel Province, Dominican Republic
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:
691940
Long-form Identifier:
1:3:691940:5
GUID (UUID V4):
2ace387e-fdf4-4696-87a2-6150fc8cbee2
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcocite
40.6km (25.2 miles)
ⓘMajagual property, Los Cacaos, San Cristóbal Province, Dominican Republic
45.0km (28.0 miles)
ⓘBucaro Hill, Cambita Garabitos, San Cristóbal Province, Dominican Republic
References
Colomer, J. M., Andreu, E., Torró, L., Proenza, J. A., Melgarejo, J. A., Chavez, C., ... & Lewis, J. F. (2013). Mineralogy, textures and new sulphur isotope data of the Cerro de Maimón VMS deposit ores, Dominican Republic. In Mineral deposit research for a high-tech world. Proceedings of the 12th Biennial SGA Meeting (Vol. 2, pp. 518-521).
Torró, L., Proenza, J. A., Melgarejo, J. C., Alfonso, P., de Pablo, J. F., Colomer, J. M., ... & Chávez, C. (2016). Mineralogy, geochemistry and sulfur isotope characterization of Cerro de Maimón (Dominican Republic), San Fernando and Antonio (Cuba) Lower Cretaceous VMS deposits: formation during subduction initiation of the Proto-Caribbean lithosphere within a fore-arc. Ore Geology Reviews, 72, 794-817.