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Locality Name:
Isla De La Juventud Special Municipality, Cuba


mindat Locality ID: 34099
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34099.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Isla De La Juventud Special Municipality, Cuba": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Isla De La Juventud (Isle Of Pines; Island Of Youth)

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

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: Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCopiapiteCopperHalotrichiteKaolinite
NickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteStibniteTalc
Tetrahedrite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Ferricopiapite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Halotrichite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS246017,460189052
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31460171935
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11146018843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14602027770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O146021925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214601727198
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)146017551
Ferricopiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe3+0.67Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O14602141
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14601824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu14601830554
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O146021409
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14146018784
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41460215591
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2246017,4602139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81460179056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2246017,4601861156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21460185614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1460174894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS246017,4601821482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31460183418
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21460203337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131460185317



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