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:
Batalha Mine, São José Da Batalha, Salgadinho, Borborema Mineral Province, Paraíba, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 520
Youngest recorded age at locality: 520

mindat Locality ID: 7702
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7702.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Batalha Mine, São José Da Batalha, Salgadinho, Borborema Mineral Province, Paraíba, 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.

Amorphous	Clay	Copper	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Quartz	Tourmaline

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 Cu Fe H K Li Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Cu Fe H K Li Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Clay Copper Kaolinite Mica None Quartz Tourmaline

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Copper ()*	Elbaite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*
Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	520	520	3846
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	520	520	520
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	520	520	5591
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	520	520	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	520	520	2994
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	520	520	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	520	520	2705

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
	Grew_Li_2019_0015	520	520	520							Yes		Colquiriite		444	Serra Branca Pegmatite, Pedra Lavrada, Borborema Mineral Province, Paraíba, Brazil	Serra Branca pegmatite, Pedra Lavrada, Borborema mineral province, Paraiba, Brazil	Beurlen et al. (2014)	10.1016/j.jsames.2014.08.007	JSAES56_110

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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