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Locality Name:
Puerto Rico, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 42
Youngest recorded age at locality: 41

mindat Locality ID: 25587
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25587.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Puerto Rico, USA": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Aguadilla
Cabo Rojo
Comerio
Juncos
Lares
Mayagüez
Orocovis
Yauco

Latitude: 18°10'14"N
Longitude: 66°45'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 18.170555555556,-66.758888888889

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Cerite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Brushite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Crandallite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monetite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Natroalunite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Whitlockite ()*	Xonotlite ()*

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 Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Apatite Baryte Calcite Cerite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel

40 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	42	42	2	263363,263372	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	41	41	1	263377	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	263362	966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			2	263369,263370	1588
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	263365	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	42	42	1	263372	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	42	42	1	263372	5516
Brushite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(PO₃OH)·2H₂O			2	263374,263375	104
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	42	42	5	263358,263363,263365,263370,263372	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	42	41	5	263365,263367,263370,263372,263377	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			2	263365,263369	3531
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆			2	263374,263375	310
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	42	42	1	263372	327
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			2	263364,263365	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	263363	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	42	41	6	263363,263365,263369,263370,263372,263377	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	263370	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	42	42	1	263372	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			3	263370,263374,263375	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl			1	263360	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	42	42	4	263365,263366,263367,263372	14640
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH			2	263374,263375	367
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	42	42	1	263372	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	42	41	2	263372,263377	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	42	42	1	263372	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	42	41	7	263364,263365,263366,263367,263369,263372,263377	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			4	263364,263365,263367,263369	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	42	41	2	263372,263377	5800
Monetite ()*	None	Ca(PO₃OH)			2	263374,263375	21
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	42	42	1	263372	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	42	41	4	263370,263371,263372,263377	17380
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	263362	128
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	42	41	3	263370,263372,263377	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	263362	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	42	42	3	263365,263369,263372	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	42	42	2	263370,263372	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	42	42	1	263372	21482
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	263363	2562
Whitlockite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉Mg(PO₃OH)(PO₄)₆			2	263374,263375	104
Xonotlite ()*	None	Ca₆Si₆O₁₇(OH)₂			1	263381	109

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-00659	42	42	42									Actinolite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Galena, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	228021	Tanama Cu Deposit, Lares, Puerto Rico, USA	Tanama	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
	PorphCu-00660	41	41	41									Albite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	228022	Rio Vivi Cu Deposit, Orocovis, Puerto Rico, USA	Rio Vivi	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050512	Monito Island (Moneta Island; Muna Muna Island), Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, USA	https://rruff.info/R050512

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