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Mayarí-Baracoa Belt, Oriente Province, Cuba

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Paired ophiolitic belt in eastern Cuba with podiform chromite bodies and nickel deposits in the weathering crusts of ultramafic massifs.



References:
- Economic Geology (1999) 94, 547-566.
- Lazarenkov, V.G., Tikhomirov, I.N., Zhidkov, A.Y., and Talovina, I.V. (2005): Platinum Group Metals and Gold in Supergene Nickel Ores of the Moa and Nikaro Deposits (Cuba). Lithology and Mineral Resources 40(6), 521-527.




Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities


Mineral List:
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [www.mineralogicalassociation.ca/doc/abstracts/cm3_Vol37_Jun99.pdf.]
  		•  Chalcopyrite
    CuFeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Amer. Mineral (1923) 8:135-138]
  		•  'Chlorite Group'
    Reference: [Acta Geológica Hispánica, 1998, 33(1-4):179-212]
  		•  Chromite
    FeCr
     
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: []
  		•  Chromite
    var: Ferrian Chromite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		(Cr,Fe
    3+
     
    		)
     
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [www.mineralogicalassociation.ca/doc/abstracts/cm3_Vol37_Jun99.pdf.]
  		•  Clinochlore
    (Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)
     
    5
    		Al[(OH)
     
    8
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: [www.mineralogicalassociation.ca/doc/abstracts/cm3_Vol37_Jun99.pdf.]
  		•  Clinochlore
    var: Chromian Clinochlore
    Mg
     
    5
    		(Al,Cr)
     
    2
    		Si
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		(OH)
     
    8
    Reference: [www.mineralogicalassociation.ca/doc/abstracts/cm3_Vol37_Jun99.pdf.]
  		•  Cubanite (TL)
    CuFe
     
    2
    		S
     
    3
    Type Locality: Barracanao (Baracoa), Moa-Baracoa District, Mayarí-Baracoa Belt, Oriente Province, Cuba
    Reference: [Clark, 1993 - "Hey's Mineral Index"]
  		•  Lizardite
    Mg
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    4
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    5
    		]
    Reference: [Dana 8:1419]
  		•  Nontronite
    Na
     
    0.3
    		Fe
     
    2
    		(Si,Al)
     
    4
    		O
     
    10
    		(OH)
     
    2
    		·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Lazarenkov, V.G., Tikhomirov, I.N., Zhidkov, A.Y., and Talovina, I.V. (2005): Lithology and Mineral Resources 40(6), 521-527.]
  		•  'Olivine'
    (Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Acta Geológica Hispánica, 1998, 33(1-4):179-212]
  		•  Pentlandite
    (Fe,Ni)
     
    9
    		S
     
    8
    Reference: [Mineralium Deposita (2001) 36:658-669; Lazarenkov, V.G., Tikhomirov, I.N., Zhidkov, A.Y., and Talovina, I.V. (2005): Lithology and Mineral Resources 40(6), 521-527.]
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Amer. Mineral (1923) 8:135-138]
  		•  Pyrrhotite
    Fe
     
    7
    		S
     
    8
    		, (-4M), also given as Fe
     
    1-x
    		S (x = 0 - 0.2)
    Reference: [Amer. Mineral (1923) 8:135-138]
  		•  Rutile
    TiO
     
    2
    Reference: [www.mineralogicalassociation.ca/doc/abstracts/cm3_Vol37_Jun99.pdf.]
  		•  'Serpentine Group'
    D
     
    2
    		[Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    5
    		](OH)4 + or - nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Acta Geológica Hispánica, 1998, 33(1-4):179-212]
  		•  Titanite
    CaTi[O|SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [www.mineralogicalassociation.ca/doc/abstracts/cm3_Vol37_Jun99.pdf.]
  		•  Uvarovite
    Ca
     
    3
    		Cr
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
     
    3
    Reference: [Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 3: 777-788]
  		•  Valleriite
    (Fe
    2+
     
    		,Cu)
     
    4
    		(Mg,Al)
     
    3
    		[(OH,O)
     
    6
    		|S
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Lazarenkov, V.G., Tikhomirov, I.N., Zhidkov, A.Y., and Talovina, I.V. (2005): Lithology and Mineral Resources 40(6), 521-527.]


    19 entries listed. 14 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

    Localities in this Region:
    Cuba
     
    • Oriente Province
      • Mayarí-Baracoa Belt

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