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Locality Name:
Pinar Del Río Province, Cuba

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

mindat Locality ID: 25614
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25614.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pinar Del Río Province, Cuba": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Bahía Honda
El Indio Deposit
Fuentes And Lechuza Caves
Hierro Mantua Orebody
Isabel Maria Deposit
Jagua Deposit
Júcaro Deposit
Mantua Mine
Santa Lucia-Matahambre District
Sta Gertrudis Deposit

Latitude: 22°30'26"N
Longitude: 83°50'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.507222222222,-83.844166666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 C Ca Cu Fe Ga Ge H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu Fe Ga Ge S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEnargite
EpidoteGermaniteMarcasiteMicaNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
SpinelTitaniteWurtzite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beudantite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Edenite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gallite  (*)
Germanite  (*)Gold  (*)Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21460323419
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2011451460442734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1460343250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)201145446033,46041,46043,4604411547
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6201145146044413
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41451001460385516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)201145246034,4604127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2201100546035,46038,46041,46042,4604327198
Copper  (*)CopperCu2011451460433846
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22011451460419895
Edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2146032160
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4145100246035,46038910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)145100246032,460388173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS201145346041,46043,4604424243
Gallite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuGaS214514507
Germanite  (*)Germanite SphaleriteCu13Fe2Ge2S16145145033
Gold  (*)CopperAu201145346039,46041,4604330554
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2146032238
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414514514603514899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21451001460385674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214510014603817380
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6201145246041,46044477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2201145546035,46041,46042,46043,4604439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8201100346035,46038,460439056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2201100346038,46041,4604361156
Silver  (*)CopperAg2011451460435186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS201100446038,46041,46043,4604421482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1460324899


7 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
vms-00437145145Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous       S25615Hierro Mantua Orebody, Pinar Del Río Province, CubaHierro MantuaMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-00438145100Lower Cretaceous        25611Júcaro Deposit, Pinar Del Río Province, CubaJucaroMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
sedexmvt-00114201145Jurassic host rock age      204105Castellanos Mine, Santa Lucia-Matahambre District, Pinar Del Río Province, CubaCastellanosTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedexmvt-00115201145Jurassic host rock age      25616Matahambre Mine, Santa Lucia-Matahambre District, Pinar Del Río Province, CubaMatahambreTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00193150150150        25616Matahambre Mine, Santa Lucia-Matahambre District, Pinar Del Río Province, CubaMatahambreSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
sedexmvt-00116201145Jurassic host rock age      204106Santa Lucía Deposit, Santa Lucia-Matahambre District, Pinar Del Río Province, CubaSanta LuciaTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00195150150150        204106Santa Lucía Deposit, Santa Lucia-Matahambre District, Pinar Del Río Province, CubaSanta LuciaSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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