Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Murundu Mine, Jenipapo District, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 699
Youngest recorded age at locality: 619

mindat Locality ID: 245471
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-245471.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Murundu Mine, Jenipapo District, Itinga, 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

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.

Apatite	Clay	Columbite	Feldspar	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Roscherite	Rutile
Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Lithiotantite ()*
Microcline ()*	Montebrasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Schorl ()*	Wodginite ()*	Zanazziite ()*

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 Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sn Ta

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sn Ta

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Clay Columbite Feldspar Mica None Pyrite Quartz Roscherite Rutile
Tourmaline

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	699	619	8803
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	699	619	5171
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	699	619	520
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	699	619	2740
Lithiotantite ()*	Columbite	LiTa₃O₈	699	619	4
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	699	619	4924
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	699	619	200
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	699	619	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	699	619	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	699	619	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	699	619	2705
Wodginite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈	699	619	78
Zanazziite ()*	Roscherite	Ca₂Be₄Mg₅(PO₄)₆(OH)₄·6H₂O	699	619	21

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Scott-MD35_638-0001	mine

1 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
	Scott-MD35_638-0001	699	619	659 ± 40	Rb-Sr	Age of metamorphism		whole rock							245471	Murundu Mine, Jenipapo District, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Murundu Mine	Morteani et al. (2000)	10.1007/s001260050268	MD35_638

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R100165	Murundu Mine, Jenipapo District, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil	https://rruff.info/R100165

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