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Locality Name:
Sierra De Baoruco, Barahona Province, Dominican Republic


mindat Locality ID: 135215
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-135215.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sierra De Baoruco, Barahona Province, Dominican Republic": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Los Checheses

Latitude: 18°7'8"N
Longitude: 71°8'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 18.118888888889,-71.143055555556
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 Fe H Mg Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumMalachiteNatroliteNoneOlivinePectolite
QuartzSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelTalc

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Pectolite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Talc  (*)Vermiculite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14865327770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1486535707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214865327198
Copper  (*)CopperCu1486533846
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1486531188
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314865314640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414865314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)214865312537
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1486531236
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)148653363
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214865361156
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21486533337
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O148653652


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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