Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cienfuegos Province, Cuba

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

mindat Locality ID: 121066
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-121066.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cienfuegos Province, Cuba": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Arimao-Norte
La Margarita
Minas Carlota
San Fernando Mine

Latitude: 22°7'19"N
Longitude: 80°6'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.121944444444,-80.115

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Acanthite	Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Feldspar	Garnet	Löllingite	Mica	Milarite	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilpnomelane	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tobermorite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Armenite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorellestadite ()*	Diopside ()*	Fraipontite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Hessite ()*	Hydroxylellestadite ()*
Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Matildite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scawtite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Titanite ()*	Tobermorite ()*	Todorokite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*
Xonotlite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Sr Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Apatite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum
Feldspar Garnet Löllingite Mica Milarite None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Stilpnomelane Tetrahedrite Titanite Tobermorite Vesuvianite Wollastonite

41 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	145	100	1	45963	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	145	145	1	45962	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	145	145	1	45962	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	45960	1534
Armenite ()*	Milarite	BaCa₂(Al₆Si₉)O₃₀·2H₂O	145	100	1	45963	23
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	145	100	1	45963	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	145	100	1	45963	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	145	145	2	45960,45962	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	45961	309
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	100	2	45962,45963	27198
Chlorellestadite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(SiO₄)_1.5(SO₄)_1.5Cl			1	45960	4
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	45960	4135
Fraipontite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Zn,Al)₃(Si,Al)₂O₅(OH)₄	145	100	1	45963	49
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	145	100	2	45962,45963	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	145	100	1	45963	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	45960	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	145	145	1	45962	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	145	145	1	45962	407
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	145	100	1	45963	804
Hydroxylellestadite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(SiO₄)_1.5(SO₄)_1.5OH			1	45960	22
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	145	100	1	45963	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	45960	14899
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	145	100	1	45963	252
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	145	100	2	45962,45963	17380
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	145	100	1	45963	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	100	3	45960,45962,45963	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	145	100	3	45961,45962,45963	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	145	145	1	45962	5614
Scawtite ()*	None	Ca₇(Si₃O₉)₂(CO₃)·2H₂O			1	45960	25
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	145	100	1	45963	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145	100	2	45962,45963	21482
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O			1	45960	456
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	145	100	1	45963	332
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	145	100	1	45963	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	145	100	1	45963	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	145	145	1	45962	4899
Tobermorite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₇(H₂O)₂·(Ca·3H₂O)			1	45960	114
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O			1	45961	433
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			1	45960	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			1	45960	1247
Xonotlite ()*	None	Ca₆Si₆O₁₇(OH)₂			1	45960	109

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	vms-00432	145	145	Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous										S	231161	Minas Carlota, Cienfuegos Province, Cuba	Carlota	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
	vms-00440	145	100	Early Cretaceous											295016	San Fernando Mine, Cienfuegos Province, Cuba	San Fernando	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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