Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Breves Mine, Parauapebas, Carajás Mineral Province, Pará, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2628
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2600

mindat Locality ID: 191103
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191103.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Breves Mine, Parauapebas, 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

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	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Fluorite
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Stibnite
Tetradymite	Zircon

Arsenopyrite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*	Ferberite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hedleyite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Qitianlingite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Siderite ()*	Spodumene ()*	Thorite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Au Be Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mo Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Te Th Ti W Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Be Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mo Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Te Th Ti W Y Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Copper Fluorite
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Stibnite
Tetradymite Zircon

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2628	2600	9052
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2628	2600	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	2628	2600	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	2628	2600	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2628	2600	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2628	2600	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2628	2600	27198
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	2628	2600	203
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	2628	2600	551
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2628	2600	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2628	2600	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2628	2600	30554
Hedleyite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₇Te₃	2628	2600	104
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2628	2600	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2628	2600	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2628	2600	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2628	2600	9056
Qitianlingite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺₂Nb₂W⁶⁺O₁₀	2628	2600	2
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2628	2600	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2628	2600	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2628	2600	6417
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	2628	2600	688
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	2628	2600	1006
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	2628	2600	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2628	2600	5251

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
	Mo-00395	2628	2600	2614±14	Re-Os			molybdenite	XB 2K001		Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	190645	Gameleira Cu-Au Deposit (Pojuca), Parauapebas, Carajás Mineral Province, Pará, Brazil	Gameleira	Marschik et al. (2005)	10.1007/s00126-004-0450-z	MD39_983

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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