Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
La Unión, Camagüey District, Camagüey Province, Cuba

mindat Locality ID: 282022
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-282022.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Unión, Camagüey District, Camagüey Province, Cuba": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
La Unión Prospect

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Covellite	Epidote	Mica	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Spinel

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Epidote ()*	Gold ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Covellite Epidote Mica Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Spinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	45950	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	45950	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	45950	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	45950	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	45950	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	45950	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	45950	30554
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	45950	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	45950	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	45950	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	45950	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	45950	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	45950	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	45950	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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