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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

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: 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: 
AluniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)201145011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)201145027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2201145027198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)220114509895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS201145024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu201145030554
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62011450477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2201145039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2201145061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS201145021482



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
sedexmvt-00114201145Jurassic host rock age      204105Castellanos Mine, Santa Lucia-Matahambre District, Pinar Del Río Province, CubaCastellanosTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 


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