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Locality Name:
Sagua De Tánamo District, Mayarí-Baracoa Belt, Holguín Province, Cuba


mindat Locality ID: 39103
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39103.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sagua De Tánamo District, Mayarí-Baracoa Belt, Holguín Province, Cuba": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Albertina Deposit
Caridad Deposit
Cernı´calo Deposit
Guarina Deposit
Negro Viejo Deposit
Rupertina I Deposit
Rupertina II Deposit
Tibera Deposit

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 Ca Cr Cu Fe H Ir Mg Na Ni O Rh Ru S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ca H Mg Na O Rh S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAuricuprideChalcopyriteCopperMilleriteNonePentlanditePerovskitePyriteSpinel
Ullmannite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Awaruite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Copper  (*)Cuproiridsite  (*)Edenite  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)Hollingworthite  (*)
Irarsite  (*)Iridium  (*)Laurite  (*)Millerite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Awaruite  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteNi3Fe146004166
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41460045516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1460045707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214600427198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4246004,460073902
Copper  (*)CopperCu1460043846
Cuproiridsite  (*)SpinelCu(Ir3+Ir4+)S414600431
Edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)20160
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S2146004205
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS0119
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS146004154
Iridium  (*)CopperIr146007162
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS2246004,46007226
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1460041066
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81460041512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214600439462



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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