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Locality Name:
San Fernando Mine, Cienfuegos Province, Cuba

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 295016
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-295016.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Fernando Mine, Cienfuegos Province, Cuba": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 22°12'50"N
Longitude: 80°4'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.213888888889,-80.080555555556
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenopyriteBaryteChalcopyriteClayCopperLöllingiteMicaMilariteNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSerpentineSphaleriteTetrahedrite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Armenite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Fraipontite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hessite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Matildite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S14510002793
Armenite  (*)MilariteBaCa2(Al6Si9)O30·2H2O145100023
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS14510009052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)145100011547
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2145100027198
Fraipontite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Zn,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4145100049
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS145100024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu145100030554
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1451000804
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs21451000762
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS21451000252
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2145100017380
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS314510001425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2145100039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2145100061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg14510005186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS145100021482
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS1451000332
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1314510001803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1314510005317


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
vms-00440145100Early Cretaceous        295016San Fernando Mine, Cienfuegos Province, CubaSan FernandoMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 

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