Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Holguín Province, Cuba

Oldest recorded age at locality: 130
Youngest recorded age at locality: 92

mindat Locality ID: 28161
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28161.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Holguín Province, Cuba": 44
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 37

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Caledonia Mine
Los Chivos
Mayarí-Baracoa Belt
Mejías Beach Placer
Nuevo Potosí Deposit
Sima Del Jubo

Latitude: 20°30'6"N
Longitude: 75°21'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 20.501666666667,-75.356944444444

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	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Auricupride	Baddeleyite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper
Corundum	Cubanite	Diamond	Diaspore	Garnet	Mica	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel
Titanite	Ullmannite	Valleriite	Wurtzite	Zircon	Zirconolite

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 As Au Ba C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H Ir K Li Mg Mn Na Ni O Os P Pt Rh Ru S Si Sr Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Arsenopyrite Auricupride Baddeleyite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper
Corundum Cubanite Diamond Diaspore Garnet Mica Millerite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Olivine Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Spinel
Titanite Ullmannite Valleriite Wurtzite Zircon Zirconolite

54 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Asbolane ()*	Awaruite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*
Chromite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Copper ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cuproiridsite ()*
Edenite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Erlichmanite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Gibbsite ()*
Godlevskite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hollingworthite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Irarsite ()*	Iridarsenite ()*
Iridium ()*	Laurite ()*	Lithiophorite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Maghemite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Maucherite ()*	Millerite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Orcelite ()*
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Silicon ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Titanite ()*	Todorokite ()*
Uvarovite ()*	Valleriite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zirconolite ()*

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
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	46013	9052
Asbolane ()*	Not in a structural group	Mn⁴⁺(O,OH)₂·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)_x(OH)_2x·nH₂O			1	45996	143
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe			3	45973,46000,46004	166
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	130	92	1	45988	238
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			2	45973,46004	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	130	92	3	45985,46013,46014	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	45972	309
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	46004	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	130	92	4	45973,45987,45988,46004	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	130	92	1	45988	577
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	130	92	14	45971,45973,45980,45985,45988,45992,45996,45997,46000,46002,46004,46007,46011,46012	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	130	92	1	45985	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	46004	3846
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	130	92	2	45987,45988	802
Cuproiridsite ()*	Spinel	Cu(Ir³⁺Ir⁴⁺)S₄			1	46004	31
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	46002	160
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			1	45996	944
Erlichmanite ()*	Pyrite	OsS₂			1	45980	110
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	45996	1188
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃			2	45996,45997	504
Godlevskite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	130	92	1	45973	40
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			2	45996,45997	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			2	46012,46013	30554
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂			2	45973,46004	205
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	45996,45997	14640
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS			1	46002	119
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH			1	46014	367
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	130	92	2	45988,46012	5433
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS			4	45980,46000,46002,46004	154
Iridarsenite ()*	None	IrAs₂			1	46012	13
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir			2	46002,46007	162
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	130	92	7	45980,45988,46000,46002,46004,46007,46012	226
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂			2	45996,45997	210
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	45982,45997	359
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	45996,45997	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			3	45996,45997,46012	14899
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈			2	45973,46011	161
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS			4	45973,46000,46004,46011	1066
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	45984	471
Orcelite ()*	None	Ni_5-xAs₂ (x = 0.25)			2	45973,46000	36
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	130	92	1	45973	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	130	92	3	45973,45988,46004	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	130	92	3	45987,46004,46013	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	130	92	2	45987,45988	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	45972,46013	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	130	92	3	45985,45988,46012	5614
Silicon ()*	Diamond	Si			1	46013	21
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	130	92	1	45988	337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	130	92	2	45985,45988	4899
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O			1	45972	433
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃	130	92	2	45973,45985	212
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	130	92	1	45988	237
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	130	92	2	45988,46012	5251
Zirconolite ()*	Zirconolite	(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)₂O₇	130	92	1	45988	140

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
	podchrome-00565	130	92	Lower Cretaceous (125±5 to 96±4 Ma)										Cr	28160	Caledonia Mine, Holguín Province, Cuba	Caledonia	Moiser et al. (2012)		USGSSIR2012_5157
	podchrome-00572	130	92	Lower Cretaceous (125±5 to 96±4 Ma)										Cr	203393	Potosi Mine, Barracanao (Baracoa), Moa-Baracoa District, Mayarí-Baracoa Belt, Holguín Province, Cuba	Potosi	Moiser et al. (2012)		USGSSIR2012_5157

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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