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Locality type:

Mine

Classification

Species:

Bornite

Formula:

Cu5FeS4

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

Click here to view Bornite 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:

691947

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:691947:4

GUID (UUID V4):

4a54cffb-cf64-4ce4-a15f-0d07d768eb88

Nearest other occurrences of Bornite

44.2km (27.5 miles)

San Francisco Hills Mine, San Cristóbal, 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.