Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Santa Lucia-Matahambre District, Pinar Del Río Province, Cuba

Oldest recorded age at locality: 201
Youngest recorded age at locality: 145

mindat Locality ID: 204104
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204104.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Santa Lucia-Matahambre District, Pinar Del Río Province, Cuba": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Castellanos Mine
La Esperanza Deposit
Matahambre Mine
Santa Lucía Deposit

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Alunite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite

Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beudantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite

15 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
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	201	145	1	46044	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	201	145	3	46041,46043,46044	11547
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	201	145	1	46044	413
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	201	145	1	46041	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	201	145	3	46041,46042,46043	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	201	145	1	46043	3846
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	201	145	1	46041	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	201	145	3	46041,46043,46044	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	201	145	2	46041,46043	30554
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	201	145	2	46041,46044	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	201	145	4	46041,46042,46043,46044	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	201	145	1	46043	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	201	145	2	46041,46043	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	201	145	1	46043	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	201	145	3	46041,46043,46044	21482

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age Interpret	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
sedexmvt-00114	201	145	Jurassic	host rock age	204105	Castellanos Mine, Santa Lucia-Matahambre District, Pinar Del Río Province, Cuba	Castellanos	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedexmvt-00115	201	145	Jurassic	host rock age	25616	Matahambre Mine, Santa Lucia-Matahambre District, Pinar Del Río Province, Cuba	Matahambre	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedznpb-00193	150	150	150		25616	Matahambre Mine, Santa Lucia-Matahambre District, Pinar Del Río Province, Cuba	Matahambre	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252
sedexmvt-00116	201	145	Jurassic	host rock age	204106	Santa Lucía Deposit, Santa Lucia-Matahambre District, Pinar Del Río Province, Cuba	Santa Lucia	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedznpb-00195	150	150	150		204106	Santa Lucía Deposit, Santa Lucia-Matahambre District, Pinar Del Río Province, Cuba	Santa Lucia	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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