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Locality Name:
Monseñor Nouel Province, Dominican Republic

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

mindat Locality ID: 207442
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207442.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monseñor Nouel Province, Dominican Republic": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bonao
Maimón

Latitude: 18°59'24"N
Longitude: 70°21'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 18.99,-70.366388888889

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.

Auricupride	Baryte	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Digenite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Potarite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sepiolite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite

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 Cr Cu Fe H I Ir K Mg Ni O Os Pb Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Auricupride Baryte Brucite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite
Diaspore Digenite Kaolinite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Perovskite Potarite
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sepiolite Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetradymite Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite

53 IMA Minerals at location:

Altaite ()*	Awaruite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Djurleite ()*
Falcondoite ()*	Ferronickelplatinum ()*	Galena ()*	Garutiite ()*	Gibbsite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hedleyite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*
Hexaferrum ()*	Iodargyrite ()*	Irarsite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Krennerite ()*
Laurite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Népouite ()*	Pecoraite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pilsenite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Ruthenium ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Talc ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Willemseite ()*	Yarrowite ()*	Zaccariniite ()*

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
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	145	100	1	48673	489
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe			1	48671	166
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	145	100	1	48673	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	145	100	1	48673	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	145	100	1	48673	5516
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂			1	48671	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	145	100	1	48673	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	145	100	1	48673	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	145	100	1	48673	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	100	1	48673	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	48671	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	48671	951
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	145	100	1	48673	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	145	100	1	48673	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	145	100	1	48673	300
Falcondoite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Ni₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O			1	48671	4
Ferronickelplatinum ()*	Potarite	Pt₂FeNi			1	48671	13
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	145	100	1	48673	24243
Garutiite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe,Ir)			1	48671	2
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	145	100	1	48673	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	145	100	2	48671,48673	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	145	100	1	48673	30554
Hedleyite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₇Te₃	145	100	1	48673	104
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	145	100	1	48673	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	145	100	1	48673	804
Hexaferrum ()*	None	(Fe,Os,Ru,Ir)			1	48671	2
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	145	100	1	48673	180
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS			1	48671	154
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	145	100	1	48673	5591
Krennerite ()*	None	Au₃AgTe₈	145	100	1	48673	111
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂			1	48671	226
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	48671	359
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	48671	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	145	100	1	48673	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	145	100	1	48673	17380
Népouite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Ni₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	48671	66
Pecoraite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Ni₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	48671	40
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	48671	1512
Pilsenite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₃	145	100	1	48673	57
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	100	1	48673	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	145	100	2	48671,48673	61156
Ruthenium ()*	None	Ru			1	48671	46
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O			1	48671	241
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145	100	1	48673	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	48671	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	48671	3337
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	145	100	1	48673	276
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	145	100	1	48673	1803
Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Potarite	PtFe			1	48671	66
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	145	100	1	48673	5317
Willemseite ()*	Clay Talc	Ni₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	48671	15
Yarrowite ()*	None	Cu₉S₈	145	100	1	48673	70
Zaccariniite ()*	None	RhNiAs			1	48671	2

1 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-00460	145	100	Early Cretaceous											222130	Cerro Maimón Mine (Cerro De Maimón Deposit), Maimón, Monseñor Nouel Province, Dominican Republic	Cerro de Maimon	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R130009	Loma Peguera, Bonao, Monseñor Nouel Province, Dominican Republic	https://rruff.info/R130009

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