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Locality Name:
Alto Da Pitorra, Laranjeiras, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 630
Youngest recorded age at locality: 585

mindat Locality ID: 7695
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7695.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alto Da Pitorra, Laranjeiras, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, 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 B Be Fe H K Na O Si Sn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be Fe H K Na O Si Sn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousBerylFeldsparNoneQuartzRutileTourmaline

7 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Beryl  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Microcline  (*)Opal  (*)
Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)63058508803
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1863058504286
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO263058505171
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)63058504924
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O63058502994
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2630585061156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)63058502705



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


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
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 


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