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Locality Name:
Pista-Sequeirinho-Baiano Orebodies, Sossego Mine, Canaã Dos Carajás, Carajás Mineral Province, Pará, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2700
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2650

mindat Locality ID: 190718
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-190718.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pista-Sequeirinho-Baiano Orebodies, Sossego Mine, Canaã Dos Carajás, Carajás Mineral Province, Pará, 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: Ag Al Au C Ca Ce Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Si Sn Te Th Ti U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au C Ca Ce Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Si Sn Te Th Ti U Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteFeldspar
FluoriteMeloniteMicaMilleriteMolybdeniteNickelineNonePerovskitePyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelTitanite

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferro-actinolite  (*)Ferro-edenite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hastingsite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Melonite  (*)Millerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophanite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siegenite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Thorianite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Vaesite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22700265003419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2700265008803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)270026500706
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)27002650027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO22700265005171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS227002650027198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2700265001025
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2700265008173
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg2.5-0.0Fe2+2.5-5.0)Si8O22(OH)2270026500129
Ferro-edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Fe2+5(Si7Al)O22(OH)227002650057
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS27002650024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu27002650030554
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2270026500209
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O327002650014640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te270026500804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32700265005433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O427002650014899
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe2270026500207
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS2700265001066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22700265005800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)227002650017380
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3270026500495
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS227002650039462
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO3270026500244
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82700265009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO227002650061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22700265005614
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4270026500249
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS27002650021482
Thorianite  (*)FluoriteThO2270026500236
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O2700265004899
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO22700265002718
Vaesite  (*)PyriteNiS2270026500106


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
DeepDive-Co-0008270026502700-2650U-Pbages of gabbros in deposits   Yes  145879Sossego Mine, Canaã Dos Carajás, Carajás Mineral Province, Pará, BrazilSequeirinho orebody, Sossego iron oxide–copper–gold depositMonteiro et al. (2008)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2008.01.003OGR34_317ages of gabbros in deposits

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