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Locality Name:
Gameleira Cu-Au Deposit (Pojuca), Parauapebas, Carajás Mineral Province, Pará, Brazil

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

mindat Locality ID: 190645
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-190645.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gameleira Cu-Au Deposit (Pojuca), Parauapebas, Carajás Mineral Province, Pará, Brazil": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 6°6'22"S
Longitude: 50°18'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -6.1061111111111,-50.300833333333
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 As Au Bi Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O S Si Sn Ti U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Bi Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O S Si Sn Ti U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleChalcopyriteClayCobaltiteCopperCorundumCubaniteFeldsparFluoriteGarnet
MicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePentlanditePyriteQuartzRutileSpinelStibnite
StilpnomelaneTitaniteWurtzite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cobaltpentlandite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Gold  (*)Grunerite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Titanite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2628260008803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)32628260002353
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S32628260001935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42628260005516
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO22628260005171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS226282600027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS262826000966
Cobaltpentlandite  (*)PentlanditeCo9S826282600082
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3262826000802
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22628260009617
Gold  (*)CopperAu26282600030554
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)2262826000223
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O326282600014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32628260005433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O426282600014899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22628260005800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)226282600017380
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S82628260001512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS226282600039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82628260009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO226282600061156
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O262826000456
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O2628260004899
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO22628260002718


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
Mo-00395262826002614±14Re-Os molybdeniteXB 2K001  Molybdenite Mo190645Gameleira Cu-Au Deposit (Pojuca), Parauapebas, Carajás Mineral Province, Pará, BrazilGameleiraMarschik et al. (2005)10.1007/s00126-004-0450-zMD39_983 

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