Monthly Archives: February 2016

Geochemical record of subduction initiation in the sub-arc mantle: Insights from the Loma Caribe peridotite (Dominican Republic) Abstract The Loma Caribe peridotite body is mainly composed of serpentinized spinel harzburgites and lherzolites and minor orthopyroxene-bearing dunites and dunites. Modal proportions, mineral and whole-rock major and trace element compositions generally coincide with those of abyssal mantle…

Critical metals (REE, Sc, PGE) in Ni laterites from Cuba and the Dominican Republic Abstract Ni laterites are considered worthy targets for critical metals (CM) exploration as Rare Earth Elements (REE), Sc and platinum group elements (PGE) can be concentrated during weathering as a result of residual and secondary enrichment. In this contribution geochemical and…

To Cite this article: Chang-Rodríguez, A., Tauler, E., Lavaut-Copa, W., Rojas-Purón, A., Proenza, J.A. (2016): Caracterizaciongeoquimica del perfil litologico del yacimiento lateritico de niquel "San Felipe", Camaguey, Cuba. Ciencias de la Tierra y del Espacio (IN PRESS).

To Cite this article: Chang-Rodríguez, A., Tauler, E., Rojas-Purón, A., Proenza, J.A. (2016): Mineralogia del yacimiento laterítico de niquel San Felipe, Camaguey, Cuba. Minería y Geología (IN PRESS).

To Cite this article: Lázaro, C., Blanco-Quintero, I., Proenza, J.A., Rojas-Agramonte, Y., Neubauer, F., Núñez-Cambra, K., Garcia-Casco, A. (2016): Petrogenesis and 40Ar/39Ar dating of proto-forearc crust in the early Cretaceous Caribbean Arc: The La Tinta mélange (eastern Cuba) and its easterly correlation in Dominican Republic. International Geology Review (IN PRESS).

Ni-phyllosilicates (garnierites) from the Falcondo Ni-laterite deposit (Dominican Republic): Mineralogy, nanotextures, and formation mechanisms by HRTEM and AEM Abstract Ni-bearing magnesium phyllosilicates (garnierites) are significant Ni ores in Ni-laterites worldwide. The present paper reports a detailed TEM investigation of garnierites from the Falcondo Ni-laterite deposit (Dominican Republic). Different types of garnierites have been recognized, usually…

Recycling and transport of continental material through the mantle wedge above subduction zones: A Caribbean example Abstract Estimates of global growth rates of continental crust critically depend upon knowledge of the rate at which crustal material is delivered back into the mantle at subduction zones and is then returned to the crust as a component…

Weathering profile of the Cerro de Maimón VMS deposit (Dominican Republic): textures, mineralogy, gossan evolution and mobility of gold and silver Abstract Cerro de Maimón, in the central Dominican Republic, is currently the only VMS deposit under production in the Caribbean region. It is hosted in the Maimón Formation, of early Cretaceous age, which is…

Platinum group minerals (PGM) in the Falcondo Ni-laterite deposit, Loma Caribe peridotite (Dominican Republic) Abstract Two Ni-laterite profiles from the Loma Caribe peridotite (Dominican Republic) have been investigated for their platinum group element (PGE) geochemistry and mineralogy. One profile (Loma Peguera) is characterized by PGE-enriched (up to 3.5 ppm total PGE) chromitite bodies incorporated within the…

To Cite this article: Cullen K., Beaubien H., García-Casco A., Harrison A., Jiménez M., Martín Seijo M., Mayo Torné J., Mayo Torné C., Pomo González, J.C. (2015): Explotación e intercambio de los recursos naturales para la manufactura de bienes suntuarios. En: "Guerreros de Oro: Los Señores de Río Grande", pp. 88-115 (part: "Naturaleza y origen…

Deposits associated with ultramafic–mafic complexes in Mexico: the Loma Baya case Abstract Several ultramafic–mafic complexes of assumed ophiolitic affinity that contain ore deposits occur mostly along the Pacific margin of Mexico and the boundaries of the Guerrero composite terrane, which have been described in association with various tectonomagmatic settings. These are (1) roots of volcanic…

Thermal metamorphism of mantle chromites and the stability of noble‑metal nanoparticles Abstract The Loma Baya complex in south-western Mexico is a volume of chromitite-bearing oceanic mantle that records a complex metamorphic history, defined by a first stage of hydrous metamorphism overprinted by a short-lived thermal event associated with an Eocene granite intrusion. During the hydrous…

Did the Turonian–Coniacian plume pulse trigger subduction initiation in the Northern Caribbean? Constraints from 40Ar/39Ar dating of the Moa-Baracoa metamorphic sole (eastern Cuba) Abstract The Güira de Jauco metamorphic sole, below the Moa-Baracoa ophiolite (eastern Cuba), contains strongly deformed amphibolites formed at peak metamorphic conditions of 650–660°C, approximately 8.6 kbar (~30 km depth). The geochemistry, based on…

Al- and Cr-rich chromitites from the Eastern Havana-Matanzas ophiolites (Western Cuba) Abstract Chromite deposits in the Havana-Matanzas ophiolites of Western Cuba include both Al- ([Cr/(Cr+Al)=0.44- 0.46]) and Cr-rich ([Cr/(Cr+Al) = 0.65-0.74] chromitites that commonly occur in the upper part of mantle ectonites near the mantle-crust transition zone. These chromitites generally form small lenticular bodies spatially…

Re‐Os dating of molybdenite from the Pueblo Viejo (Au‐Ag‐Cu‐Zn) and Douvray Cu‐Au districts Abstract Re-Os dating of three samples of hydrothermal molybdenite collected from the Pueblo Viejo Au-Ag-Cu district (5.5 Moz gold, past production, 16.2 Moz proven plus probable gold ore reserves) yields ages of 112.1 ± 0.4, 112.0 ± 0.4, and 111.5 ± 0.4…

To Cite this article: Proenza, J.A. (2015): Mineralogía y Geoquímica de Ni, Co, EGP, Sc, REE en Yacimientos Lateríticos. Macla, 20, 3-9.

Ruthenium and magnetite intergrowths from the Loma Peguera chromitite, Dominican Republic, and relevance to the debate over the existence of platinum-group element oxides and hydroxides Abstract Two small grains, about 50 × 60 × 70 μm in size, occurring in the chromitite associated with the altered harzburgite of Loma Peguera (Dominican Republic) have been investigated…