Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Camagüey Province, Cuba

Oldest recorded age at locality: 201
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 24181
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24181.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Camagüey Province, Cuba": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Camagüey
Camagüey District
Camagüey Mine
Ferrolana Mine
Guillermina Mine
La Victoria Mine

Latitude: 21°29'49"N
Longitude: 77°42'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 21.496944444444,-77.712777777778

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.

Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore
Epidote	Melonite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Serpentine
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetradymite

Altaite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*
Laumontite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nontronite ()*	Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rucklidgeite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stützite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Tsumoite ()*
Volynskite ()*

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 K Mg Na O Pb S Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore
Epidote Melonite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Serpentine
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Tetradymite

31 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
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe			1	45946	489
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	45946	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	45950	11547
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂			1	45946	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	45950	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	45950	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	45950	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	184	136	5	45952,45954,45955,45956,45957	3902
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	45950	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	45950	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	45946	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	45941	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			2	45946,45950	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	45941	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			1	45946	804
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O			1	45950	1271
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	45941	359
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	45941	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	45950	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	45950	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	45941	471
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂			1	45946	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			2	45946,45950	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	45950	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			3	45941,45946,45950	61156
Rucklidgeite ()*	Tetradymite	PbBi₂Te₄			1	45946	64
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			2	45946,45950	21482
Stützite ()*	None	Ag_5-xTe₃ (x = 0.24-0.36)			1	45946	92
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄			1	45946	337
Tsumoite ()*	Tetradymite	BiTe			1	45946	100
Volynskite ()*	None	AgBiTe₂			1	45946	64

6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
podchrome-00584	184	136	Middle Jurassic (160±24 Ma)	Cr	14888	Lolita Mine, Minas, Camagüey District, Camagüey Province, Cuba	Lolita	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00586	184	136	Middle Jurassic (160±24 Ma)	Cr	11158	Ferrolana Mine, Camagüey Province, Cuba	Ferrolana	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00549	184	136	Middle Jurassic (160±24 Ma)	Cr	11680	Guillermina Mine, Camagüey Province, Cuba	Guillermina	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00446	160	160	Middle Jurassic (160±24 Ma)	Cr	14117	La Victoria Mine, Camagüey Province, Cuba	La Victoria	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00552	184	136	Middle Jurassic (160±24 Ma)	Cr	14117	La Victoria Mine, Camagüey Province, Cuba	La Victoria	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
vms-00441	201	100	Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous		14117	La Victoria Mine, Camagüey Province, Cuba	Victoria	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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