Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Moa-Baracoa District, Mayarí-Baracoa Belt, Holguín Province, Cuba

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

mindat Locality ID: 39101
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39101.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Moa-Baracoa District, Mayarí-Baracoa Belt, Holguín Province, Cuba": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Amores Deposit
Barracanao (Baracoa)
Blas Deposit
Cayo Guam Deposit
Los Naranjos Deposit
Mercedita Cr Deposit
Moa Ni Ore Field
Piloto Deposit
Yarei Deposit

Latitude: 20°35'27"N
Longitude: 74°48'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 20.590833333333,-74.813888888889

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.

Baddeleyite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Cubanite	Diaspore	Garnet	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rutile	Serpentine	Spinel	Titanite
Valleriite	Wurtzite	Zircon	Zirconolite

Asbolane ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*
Chromite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cubanite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Laurite ()*
Lithiophorite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Titanite ()*
Uvarovite ()*	Valleriite ()*	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 C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H Li Mg Mn Ni O Pt Ru S Si Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cr H Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baddeleyite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Corundum Cubanite Diaspore Garnet Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Rutile Serpentine Spinel Titanite
Valleriite Wurtzite Zircon Zirconolite

29 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
Asbolane ()*	Not in a structural group	Mn⁴⁺(O,OH)₂·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)_x(OH)_2x·nH₂O			1	45996	143
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	130	92	1	45988	238
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	130	92	0		27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	130	92	2	45987,45988	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	4	45988,45992,45996,45997	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	130	92	0		1756
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	130	92	2	45987,45988	802
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			1	45996	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	45996	1188
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃			2	45996,45997	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			2	45996,45997	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	45996,45997	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	130	92	1	45988	5433
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	130	92	1	45988	226
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂			2	45996,45997	210
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	45997	359
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	45996,45997	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	45996,45997	14899
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	130	92	1	45988	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	130	92	1	45987	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	130	92	2	45987,45988	9056
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	130	92	1	45988	5614
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	130	92	1	45988	337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	130	92	1	45988	4899
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃	130	92	0		212
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	130	92	1	45988	237
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	130	92	1	45988	5251
Zirconolite ()*	Zirconolite	(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)₂O₇	130	92	1	45988	140

1 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-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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