Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sopa, Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1192
Youngest recorded age at locality: 906

mindat Locality ID: 106220
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-106220.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sopa, Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Barro Branco Claim
Begônia Mine
Caldeirões Claim
Califórnia Mine
Damásio Claim
Morrinhos Claim
Perpétua Claim

Latitude: 18°12'15"S
Longitude: 43°42'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.204166666667,-43.708055555556

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.

Alunite	Andalusite	Copper	Corundum	Crichtonite	Diamond	Lazulite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine
Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Tourmaline	Zircon

Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Diamond ()*	Elbaite ()*
Gold ()*	Gorceixite ()*	Goyazite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Lazulite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Schorl ()*	Senaite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Au B Ba Be C Cr Fe H Li Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Sr Ti U V Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au B Ba Be Cr Fe H Li Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Sr Ti U V Y Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Andalusite Copper Corundum Crichtonite Diamond Lazulite None Not in a structural group Olivine
Pyrite Quartz Rutile Spinel Tourmaline Zircon

19 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
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1192	906	0		2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1192	906	0		1310
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	1192	906	0		321
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	993	942	6	27682,27683,27685,27686,27687,27688	697
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1192	906	0		520
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1192	906	0		30554
Gorceixite ()*	Alunite	BaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1192	906	0		121
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1192	906	0		173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1192	906	0		14640
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1192	906	0		1507
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	1192	906	0		232
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1192	906	0		14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1192	906	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1192	906	0		61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1192	906	0		5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1192	906	0		2705
Senaite ()*	Crichtonite	Pb(Mn,Y,U)(Fe,Zn)₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH)₃₈	1192	906	0		28
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1192	906	0		939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1192	906	0		5251

2 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
	Cr-00024	993	942	990	U-Pb			monazite			Yes		Senaite	Cr	387	Minas Gerais, Brazil	Minas Gerais	Gastil (1960)	10.2475/ajs.258.1.1	AJS258_1
	GR22_200_0001	1192	906	1049 ± 143	U-Pb	host rock		zircon				Zircon			106220	Sopa, Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Sopa, Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Chemale (2012)		GR22_200

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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