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Locality Name:
Barracanao (Baracoa), Moa-Baracoa District, Mayarí-Baracoa Belt, Holguín Province, Cuba

Oldest recorded age at locality: 130
Youngest recorded age at locality: 92

mindat Locality ID: 749
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-749.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Barracanao (Baracoa), Moa-Baracoa District, Mayarí-Baracoa Belt, Holguín Province, Cuba": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Potosi Mine

Latitude: 20°33'7"N
Longitude: 74°45'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 20.551944444444,-74.766111111111
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: Al As Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pt Ru S Si Ti Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaddeleyiteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCorundumCubaniteNickelineNonePentlanditePyrite
RutileSpinelTitaniteValleriiteWurtziteZirconZirconolite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Baddeleyite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chromite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Laurite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Titanite  (*)Valleriite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Zirconolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO213092145988238
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21309214598827198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)813092145988577
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4130921459883902
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S313092145988802
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3130921459885433
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS213092145988226
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8130921459881512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213092039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8130921459889056
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2130921459885614
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs213092145988337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O130921459884899
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]13092145988237
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)130921459885251
Zirconolite  (*)Zirconolite(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)2O713092145988140


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
podchrome-0057213092Lower Cretaceous (125±5 to 96±4 Ma)       Cr203393Potosi Mine, Barracanao (Baracoa), Moa-Baracoa District, Mayarí-Baracoa Belt, Holguín Province, CubaPotosiMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 

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