Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Capão Do Lana Mine, Rodrigo Silva District, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil

mindat Locality ID: 24979
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24979.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Capão Do Lana Mine, Rodrigo Silva District, Ouro Preto, 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.

Clay	Corundum	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Talc	Topaz

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 Be F Fe H Mg O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be F Fe H Mg O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Corundum None Pyrite Quartz Rutile Spinel Talc Topaz

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Euclase ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Talc ()*	Topaz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Euclase ()*	None	BeAlSiO₄(OH)	120
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1476

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060026	Capão Do Lana Mine, Rodrigo Silva District, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil	https://rruff.info/R060026

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