Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Santiago De Cuba Province, Cuba

Oldest recorded age at locality: 58
Youngest recorded age at locality: 46

mindat Locality ID: 121069
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-121069.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Santiago De Cuba Province, Cuba": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Atabex Cave (Cueva Atabex)
Daiquiri District
El Cristo
Firmeza District
Sierra Maestra Mts

Latitude: 20°1'40"N
Longitude: 75°46'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 20.027777777778,-75.782222222222

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Apatite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Cerite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum
Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Wollastonite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Anorthite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Cuprite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Neotocite ()*	Orientite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ranciéite ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Titanite ()*	Todorokite ()*	Whitlockite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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: Al Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Apatite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Cerite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Garnet Gypsum
Kaolinite Malachite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Wollastonite

39 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	46062,46063	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			6	46052,46056,46057,46062,46064,46065	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			6	46049,46052,46057,46059,46062,46063	1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	55	55	1	46068	1588
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)			8	46052,46056,46057,46059,46062,46063,46064,46065	1036
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	58	46	1	46068	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	55	55	2	46052,46068	11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	58	46	1	46068	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	58	46	8	46052,46057,46059,46061,46062,46064,46068,46069	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	58	46	1	46068	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	58	46	3	46052,46062,46068	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	58	46	2	46062,46068	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	58	46	1	46068	4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	58	46	1	46068	599
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	58	46	1	46068	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	58	46	6	46052,46057,46061,46062,46063,46068	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			2	46052,46063	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	58	46	1	46068	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	46069	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	58	46	1	46068	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	58	46	8	46052,46057,46059,46060,46062,46063,46064,46068	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	46052,46060	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			12	46052,46055,46056,46057,46059,46060,46061,46062,46063,46064,46065,46066	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	58	46	1	46068	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)			1	46052	770
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	46052	17380
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)			1	46052	186
Orientite ()*	None	Ca₈Mn³⁺₁₀(SiO₄)₃(Si₃O₁₀)₃(OH)₁₀·4H₂O			2	46052,46054	8
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	58	46	4	46052,46062,46065,46068	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			2	46052,46069	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	58	46	1	46068	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	58	46	7	46052,46054,46057,46061,46062,46063,46068	61156
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O			1	46052	177
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀			1	46052	312
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	58	46	1	46068	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	46052	4899
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O			2	46052,46069	433
Whitlockite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉Mg(PO₃OH)(PO₄)₆			1	46048	104
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			3	46052,46061,46062	1247

2 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
	PorphCu-00072	58	46	58–46									Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Galena, Gypsum, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite	Cu	25613	El Cobre Mine, Sierra Maestra Mts, Santiago De Cuba Province, Cuba	El Cobre	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
	vms-00434	55	55	Lower Paleocene-Upper Eocene										S	25613	El Cobre Mine, Sierra Maestra Mts, Santiago De Cuba Province, Cuba	El Cobre	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

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