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Locality Name:
Córrego Frio Mine, Linópolis, Divino Das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 630
Youngest recorded age at locality: 582

mindat Locality ID: 421
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-421.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Córrego Frio Mine, Linópolis, Divino Das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 18°34'45"S
Longitude: 41°26'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.579166666667,-41.445555555556
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 Be Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si U Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Be Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si U Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteArsenopyriteBerauniteChildreniteClayDufréniteFeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteLazulite
MicaNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRockbridgeiteRoscheriteSouzaliteStrunziteZircon

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Beraunite  (*)Brazilianite  (*)Childrenite  (*)
Dufrénite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Frondelite  (*)Hydroxylherderite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Quartz  (*)Roscherite  (*)Sabugalite  (*)Scorzalite  (*)
Souzalite  (*)Strunzite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Wyllieite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)63058208803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS63058209052
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O6305820136
Brazilianite  (*)Not in a structural groupNaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4630582059
Childrenite  (*)ChildreniteFe2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O630582093
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O6305820139
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F63058202740
Frondelite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Mn2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5630582052
Hydroxylherderite  (*)GadoliniteCaBe(PO4)(OH)5825820119
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)63058204924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2630582017380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2630582061156
Roscherite  (*)RoscheriteCa2Mn2+5Be4(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O582582022
Sabugalite  (*)NoneHAl(UO2)4(PO4)4·16H2O630582087
Scorzalite  (*)LazuliteFe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2630582060
Souzalite  (*)SouzaliteMg3Al4(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O630582011
Strunzite  (*)StrunziteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O630582098
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO263058202718
Wyllieite  (*)NoneNaNaMn(Fe2+Al)(PO4)3630582017
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)63058505251


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Alexandra-0440G1 supersuite


2 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
Alexandra-0440630585630-585U–PbAge of a magmatic arc formedzircon  YesZircon  381Divino Das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, BrazilDivinoPedrosa-Soares et al. (2011)10.1144/SP350.3GSSP350_25 
Be-00004582582582  high   YesZanazziite, AtencioiteBe407Linópolis, Divino Das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil Pedrosa-Soares et al. (2011) GSL350_25 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050504Córrego Frio Mine, Linópolis, Divino Das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazilhttps://rruff.info/R050504

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