Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Castellanos Mine, Santa Lucia-Matahambre District, Pinar Del Río Province, Cuba

Oldest recorded age at locality: 201
Youngest recorded age at locality: 145

mindat Locality ID: 204105
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204105.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Castellanos Mine, Santa Lucia-Matahambre District, Pinar Del Río Province, Cuba": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Alunite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	201	145	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	201	145	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	201	145	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	201	145	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	201	145	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	201	145	30554
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	201	145	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	201	145	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	201	145	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	201	145	21482

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedexmvt-00114	201	145	Jurassic		host rock age									204105	Castellanos Mine, Santa Lucia-Matahambre District, Pinar Del Río Province, Cuba	Castellanos	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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