Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Boca Rica Claim, Sapucaia Do Norte, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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

mindat Locality ID: 52785
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-52785.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Boca Rica Claim, Sapucaia Do Norte, 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 As C Fe H K Li Mn Na O P Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Fe H K Li Mn Na O P Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArthuriteClayFeldsparHumboldtineHureauliteLöllingiteLaueiteMicaNoneOlivine
OxalatePhosphosideriteQuartzReddingiteRockbridgeiteWardite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Bermanite  (*)Cyrilovite  (*)Frondelite  (*)Heterosite  (*)
Hureaulite  (*)Karibibite  (*)Laueite  (*)Lindbergite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Quartz  (*)Reddingite  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)
Schneiderhöhnite  (*)Strengite  (*)Tavorite  (*)Triphylite  (*)
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
Bermanite  (*)ArthuriteMn2+Mn3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O630585055
Cyrilovite  (*)WarditeNaFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O630585060
Frondelite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Mn2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5630585052
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)6305850204
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O6305850125
Karibibite  (*)NoneFe3+3(As3+O2)4(As3+2O5)(OH)630585019
Laueite  (*)LaueiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O630585070
Lindbergite  (*)Humboldtine OxalateMn(C2O4)·2H2O630585012
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs26305850762
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2630585017380
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O6305850182
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2630585061156
Reddingite  (*)ReddingiteMn2+3(PO4)2·3H2O630585024
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)56305850206
Schneiderhöhnite  (*)NoneFe2+Fe3+3As3+5O13630585015
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O6305850263
Tavorite  (*)NoneLiFe3+(PO4)(OH)630585035
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)6305850313


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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