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:
Sierra Maestra Mts, Santiago De Cuba Province, Cuba

Oldest recorded age at locality: 58
Youngest recorded age at locality: 46

mindat Locality ID: 253762
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-253762.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sierra Maestra Mts, Santiago De Cuba Province, Cuba": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
El Cobre Mine
Montenegro Mine

Latitude: 20°8'29"N
Longitude: 75°57'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 20.141388888889,-75.95

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.

Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Epidote	Gypsum	Malachite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite

Anhydrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*
Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Todorokite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite
Diaspore Epidote Gypsum Malachite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite

23 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
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	55	55	1	46068	1588
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	58	46	1	46068	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	55	55	1	46068	11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	58	46	1	46068	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	58	46	2	46068,46069	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	58	46	1	46068	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	58	46	1	46068	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	58	46	1	46068	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	58	46	1	46068	4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	58	46	1	46068	599
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	58	46	1	46068	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	58	46	1	46068	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	58	46	1	46068	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	46069	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	58	46	1	46068	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	58	46	1	46068	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	58	46	1	46068	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	58	46	1	46068	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	46069	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	58	46	1	46068	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	58	46	1	46068	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	58	46	1	46068	21482
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O			1	46069	433

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
	PorphCu-00072	58	46	58–46									Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Galena, Gypsum, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite	Cu	25613	El Cobre Mine, Sierra Maestra Mts, Santiago De Cuba Province, Cuba	El Cobre	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
	vms-00434	55	55	Lower Paleocene-Upper Eocene										S	25613	El Cobre Mine, Sierra Maestra Mts, Santiago De Cuba Province, Cuba	El Cobre	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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