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Locality Name:
Juragua Iron Company Mines, Firmeza District, Santiago De Cuba Province, Cuba


mindat Locality ID: 217185
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-217185.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Juragua Iron Company Mines, Firmeza District, Santiago De Cuba Province, Cuba": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Concordia Mine
East Mine
Estancia Hill
Loma Alta Mine
North East Mine (Chicharron Mine)
Ocania Mine
West Five Mine
West Four Mine
West One Mine
West Three Mine

Latitude: 19°58'40"N
Longitude: 75°40'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 19.977777777778,-75.676944444444

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteFeldspar
GarnetKaoliniteNonePyriteQuartzSpinelWollastonite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2246062,460633419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)546056,46057,46062,46064,460658803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3446057,46059,46062,460631534
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)746056,46057,46059,46062,46063,46064,460651036
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)546057,46059,46061,46062,4606427770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214606227198
Copper  (*)CopperCu1460623846
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)446057,46061,46062,460638173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1460632740
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3646057,46059,46060,46062,46063,4606414640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41460605591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41046056,46057,46059,46060,46061,46062,46063,46064,46065,4606614899
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2246062,4606539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2446057,46061,46062,4606361156
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3246061,460621247



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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