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:
Haiti

Oldest recorded age at locality: 66
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 22540
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22540.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Haiti": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Centre Department
Grand'Anse Department
L'Artibonite Department
Nippes Department
Nord Department
Nord-Est Department
Nord-Ouest Department
Ouest Department
Sud Department
Sud-Est Department

Latitude: 19°6'54"N
Longitude: 72°30'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 19.115,-72.506388888889

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite
Epidote	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc
Titanite

Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo O S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba O S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Digenite
Epidote Molybdenite None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Talc
Titanite

20 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
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	66	66	0		11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	66	66	2	64771,64772	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	64771	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	66	66	1	64772	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	66	66	3	64771,64772,64781	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	64771	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	66	66	2	64771,64772	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	64771	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	66	66	2	64771,64772	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			2	64779,64782	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	66	66	2	64771,64772	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	66	66	2	64771,64772	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	66	66	1	64772	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	66	66	3	64771,64772,64781	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	64771	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	64771	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	66	66	0		21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	64771	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	64771	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	64771	2562

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
	PorphCu-00256	66	66	66									Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Digenite, Epidote, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	205537	Memé Mine, Terre Neuve District, L'Artibonite Department, Haiti	Terre-Neuve	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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