Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Moa Ni Ore Field, Moa-Baracoa District, Mayarí-Baracoa Belt, Holguín Province, Cuba

mindat Locality ID: 208403
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208403.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Moa Ni Ore Field, Moa-Baracoa District, Mayarí-Baracoa Belt, Holguín Province, Cuba": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Camariocas Deposit
Moa Deposit
Punta Gordo Deposit
Yagrumaje Deposit

Latitude: 20°37'47"N
Longitude: 74°51'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 20.629722222222,-74.861944444444

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.

Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyroxene	Serpentine	Spinel

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 Ca Co Cr Fe H Li Mg Mn Ni O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Corundum Diaspore None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyroxene Serpentine Spinel

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Asbolane ()*	Chromite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Gibbsite ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Lithiophorite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Maghemite ()*
Magnetite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Asbolane ()*	Not in a structural group	Mn⁴⁺(O,OH)₂·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)_x(OH)_2x·nH₂O	1	45996	143
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	45996,45997	3902
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	45996	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	45996	1188
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	2	45996,45997	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	45996,45997	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	45996,45997	14640
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	2	45996,45997	210
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	45997	359
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	45996,45997	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	45996,45997	14899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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