Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Villa Clara Province, Cuba

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 71

mindat Locality ID: 217339
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-217339.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Villa Clara Province, Cuba": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Antonio Mine
Arimao Cu Deposit
Escambray Mountain (Sierra De Escambray)

Latitude: 22°10'36"N
Longitude: 79°57'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.176666666667,-79.965

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.

Amphibole	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar	Lawsonite
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine
Sphalerite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tridymite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Antigorite ()*
Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Deerite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Glaucophane ()*	Gold ()*	Jadeite ()*	Katophorite ()*	Kochkarite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Lawsonite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Omphacite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rucklidgeite ()*
Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Taramite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Titanite ()*

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 As Au Ba Bi Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baryte Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Feldspar Lawsonite
Mica None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine
Sphalerite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Titanite Tridymite

36 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	73	71	1	46073	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	73	71	1	46073	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	145	100	1	46071	489
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	73	71	1	46073	1036
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	73	71	1	46073	708
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	73	71	1	46073	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	145	100	1	46071	11547
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	100	2	46071,46072	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	73	71	1	46073	376
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	73	71	1	46073	951
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	73	71	1	46073	1025
Deerite ()*	None	Fe²⁺₆Fe³⁺₃(Si₆O₁₇)O₃(OH)₅	73	71	1	46073	27
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	73	71	1	46073	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	73	71	1	46073	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	145	100	1	46071	24243
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	73	71	1	46073	286
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	46072	30554
Jadeite ()*	Pyroxene	NaAlSi₂O₆	73	71	1	46073	154
Katophorite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	73	71	1	46073	46
Kochkarite ()*	Tetradymite	PbBi₄Te₇	145	100	1	46071	5
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	73	71	1	46073	1507
Lawsonite ()*	Lawsonite	CaAl₂(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	73	71	1	46073	121
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	73	71	1	46073	359
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	145	100	1	46071	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	73	71	1	46073	884
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	73	71	1	46073	229
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	145	100	1	46071	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	100	2	46071,46072	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	145	71	2	46071,46073	61156
Rucklidgeite ()*	Tetradymite	PbBi₂Te₄	145	100	1	46071	64
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	73	71	1	46073	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145	100	1	46071	21482
Taramite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	73	71	1	46073	10
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	145	100	1	46071	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	145	100	1	46071	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	73	71	1	46073	4899

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-00429	145	100	Early Cretaceous											295017	Antonio Mine, Villa Clara Province, Cuba	Antonio	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034
	Bradley_2012_088	73	71	72±1	Ar/Ar			muscovite				Muscovite			25618	Escambray Mountain (Sierra De Escambray), Villa Clara Province, Cuba	[Yayabo Quarry]	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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