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Locality Name:
Potosi Mine, 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: 203393
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203393.html

Tectonic Settings: Oceanic Arc (Subduction)

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Potosi Mine, Barracanao (Baracoa), Moa-Baracoa District, Mayarí-Baracoa Belt, Holguín Province, Cuba": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 20°33'7"N
Longitude: 74°45'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 20.551944444444,-74.766388888889
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: Al As Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pt Ru S Si Ti Y Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaddeleyiteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCorundumCubaniteNickelineNonePentlanditePyrite
RutileSpinelTitaniteValleriiteWurtziteZirconZirconolite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Baddeleyite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chromite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Laurite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)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  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO2130920238
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213092027198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8130920577
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41309203902
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3130920802
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31309205433
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS2130920226
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81309201512
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81309209056
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21309205614
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2130920337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1309204899
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]130920237
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1309205251
Zirconolite  (*)Zirconolite(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)2O7130920140


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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