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Locality Name:
Golconda Pegmatite Field, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil


mindat Locality ID: 4513
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4513.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Golconda Pegmatite Field, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Escondido Claim
Faria Claim
Golconda I Mine
Golconda II Mine
Golconda III Mine
Golconda Velha Mine
Sundrum Claim

Latitude: 18°41'57"S
Longitude: 42°4'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.699166666667,-42.071388888889
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 Ba Be C Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Si Sn Sr Ta U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe Mn O Ta 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAutuniteBerylCalciteChloriteClayColumbiteFeldsparGadoliniteMica
NoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRutileTourmaline

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Autunite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Cookeite  (*)Elbaite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Hydroxylherderite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Schorl  (*)
Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)Todorokite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)227750,277538803
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O1277541272
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2227750,27754606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18227750,277544286
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21277505171
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6127750518
Cookeite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Al,Li)3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)8227750,27754181
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)427749,27750,27753,27754520
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F227750,277532740
Hydroxylherderite  (*)GadoliniteCaBe(PO4)(OH)127753119
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)227750,277534924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2227750,2775317380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2327749,27750,2775361156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1277501711
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)227750,277532705
Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Ta2O6099
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O60211
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O127750433


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
FKM-209Faria Claim, Golconda Pegmatite Field, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazilhttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-201-to-fkm-225/#FKM-209
R060800Golconda III Mine, Golconda Pegmatite Field, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazilhttps://rruff.info/R060800

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