Geochemistry and Mineralogy of the Clay-Type Ni-Laterite Deposit of San Felipe (Camagüey, Cuba)

Geochemistry and Mineralogy of the Clay-Type Ni-Laterite Deposit of San Felipe (Camagüey, Cuba)

The Ni-laterite deposit at the San Felipe plateau, located 30 km northwest of Camagüey, in central Cuba, is the best example of a clay-type deposit in the Caribbean region. San Felipe resulted from the weathering of mantle peridotites of the Cretaceous Camagüey ophiolites. In this study, a geochemic...

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Main Authors: Esperança Tauler, Salvador Galí, Cristina Villanova-de-Benavent, Alfonso Chang-Rodríguez, Kenya Núñez-Cambra, Giorgi Khazaradze, Joaquín Antonio Proenza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-09-01
Series:Minerals
Subjects:
weathering
laterite
nickel
smectite
serpentine
clay-type
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/13/10/1281

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