Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Vazante Mine, Vazante, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1350
Youngest recorded age at locality: 550

mindat Locality ID: 106407
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-106407.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vazante Mine, Vazante, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 17°57'31"S
Longitude: 46°50'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.958611111111,-46.846944444444

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel	Talc	Wurtzite

Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Dolomite ()*	Franklinite ()*	Gahnite ()*
Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Willemite ()*
Zincite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Clay Corundum None Not in a structural group Phenakite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel Talc Wurtzite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1350	550	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1350	550	11547
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1350	550	9895
Franklinite ()*	Spinel	ZnFe³⁺₂O₄	1350	550	52
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1350	550	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	930	600	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1350	550	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1350	550	1689
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1350	550	14899
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1350	550	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1350	550	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1350	550	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1350	550	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1350	550	3337
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	1350	550	303
Zincite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnO	1350	550	98

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
JSAES18_293_0001	650	550	600 ± 50	Rb-Sr	host rocks	whole rock		106407	Vazante Mine, Vazante, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Vazante Mine	Babinksi (2005)	JSAES18_293
JSAES18_293_0002	930	600	930-600	Pb-Pb	mineralization	galena	Galena	106407	Vazante Mine, Vazante, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Vazante Mine	Babinksi (2005)	JSAES18_293
JSAES18_293_0003	870	780	870-780	Pb-Pb	mineralization	galena	Galena	106407	Vazante Mine, Vazante, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Vazante Mine	Babinksi (2005)	JSAES18_293
sedznpb-00065	1350	950	Neoproterozoic, 1350–950 Ma					106407	Vazante Mine, Vazante, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Vazante	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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