El Cobre mine (Santiago de Cuba)

Where: Santiago de Cuba · North America · approx. 20.05, -75.94 (vicinity only)

Why this spot: Copper workings begun in the 1530s, among the oldest mines in the Americas, beside the basilica town of El Cobre

What turns up: malachite, copper oxides (observation only)

Access: Restricted.

Cuban minerals are state property and collecting or exporting specimens is effectively barred.

Satellite view, historic-map overlays, tide/flow context and field notes are in the app. Exact research detail is part of Pro.