GEOLOGICAL AND GEOCHMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF PINOS TERRANE, ISLA DE LA JUVENTUD
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Insufficient knowledge of the geochemical particularities of the Pinos Terrane, Isla de la Juventud, prevent the definition of criteria that contribute to a more effective evaluation of the existing metallic mineral potential. Therefore, in the following investigation, it is intended to determine the prospecting criteria for endogenous metallic mineral deposits through the integration and interpretation of geochemical geological information and its link with the metallogeny of the Terrain. Pinos is a metamorphic Terrain of continental, which is part of the folded substratum of Cuba. Specifically, the geochemical method used is the soil method (pedogeochemical). Based on the method, analyzing and associating the trace elements, maps of monoelemental and complex anamolies were created. The information was linked with the geology where metallogeny intervenes guided by the main deposits of endogenous origin of the territory. The research was integrated through the superposition of vectors through cartographic representations, analyzed in previous reports due to the loss of primary data. On the other hand, the fundamental tool for the integration of all the existing geoscientific information was the geographic information system (ArcGis). After integrating the information, the main mineralization controls were identified for each genetic type of mineral deposit and thus to issue criteria that allowed categorizing the prospecting sectors, which were later representend as a percentage of favorability for each genetic type of mineral deposits. As for the areas indicated with prospecting criteria, it is expected that they will be verified in the future.
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