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Locality Name:
Santa Luzia, Borborema Mineral Province, Paraíba, Brazil

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

mindat Locality ID: 106677
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-106677.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Santa Luzia, Borborema Mineral Province, Paraíba, Brazil": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Quixaba Mine
São Gonçalo

Latitude: 6°52'18"S
Longitude: 36°55'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -6.8716666666667,-36.921111111111
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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Mg O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetMica
MolybdeniteNonePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltScheeliteSphalerite
SpinelTitaniteVesuvianite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Clinozoisite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Grossular  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrope  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
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)2520520228320,283223419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)5205201283208803
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4520520228320,283225516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)52052012832227770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2520520228320,2832227198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)5205201283201025
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O65205201283224135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)520520228320,283228173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF25205201283209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS52052012832024243
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)35205201283221544
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4520520228320,2832214899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2520520228320,283225800
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)25205201283222273
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)25205201283201898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2520520228320,2832239462
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)35205200341
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO252052012832261156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)520520128320969
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)520520228320,283224894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS52052012832021482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O5205201283204899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)25205201283202562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10520520228320,283221395


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
Grew_Li_2019_0015520520520     YesColquiriite 444Serra Branca Pegmatite, Pedra Lavrada, Borborema Mineral Province, Paraíba, BrazilSerra Branca pegmatite, Pedra Lavrada, Borborema mineral province, Paraiba, BrazilBeurlen et al. (2014)10.1016/j.jsames.2014.08.007JSAES56_110 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060589Quixaba Mine, Santa Luzia, Borborema Mineral Province, Paraíba, Brazilhttps://rruff.info/R060589

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