Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

Important Update News

The RRUFF Project is being updated to improve its interface and content. The beta version of the update is accessible to the public at RRUFF.net. New data is only being added to the beta site. Please note that it is in development, and some components are not functional. Existing RRUFF.info links will resolve to the new site after RRUFF.net is officially released.

We are grateful to NASA for the funding of this effort.


The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.


Locality Name:
Santa Rita Deposit, Mirabela Farm, Ipiaú, Bahia, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2000

mindat Locality ID: 238030
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-238030.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Santa Rita Deposit, Mirabela Farm, Ipiaú, Bahia, Brazil": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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 Bi Co Cu Fe H Ir K Mg Ni O Pd Pt Rh S Si Te 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Bi Co Cu Fe H Ir K Mg Ni O Pd Pt Rh S Si Te 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteClayCobaltiteMicaNickelineNonePentlanditePyriteUllmannite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Froodite  (*)Hollingworthite  (*)Irarsite  (*)
Maslovite  (*)Michenerite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Platarsite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS220002000027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS200020000966
Froodite  (*)NonePdBi220002000062
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS200020000119
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS200020000154
Maslovite  (*)PyritePtBiTe20002000023
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe200020000114
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS200020000767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S82000200001512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)22000200002273
Platarsite  (*)PyritePtAsS20002000044
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS220002000039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82000200009056
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2200020000337


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
EG105_1057_027200020002000       Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru238030Santa Rita Deposit, Mirabela Farm, Ipiaú, Bahia, BrazilSanta RitaBegg et al. (2010)10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057EG105_1057 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...

Other copyright data...