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Locality Name:
Salobo Mine, Marabá, Carajás Mineral Province, Pará, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2584
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2553

mindat Locality ID: 145877
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145877.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Salobo Mine, Marabá, Carajás Mineral Province, Pará, Brazil": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 5°47'16"S
Longitude: 50°32'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -5.7877777777778,-50.537222222222
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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O S Si Ti U Zr 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDigenite
EpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetLöllingiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneOlivine
PentlanditePyriteQuartzSerpentineSpinelStilpnomelaneZircon

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cobaltpentlandite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fayalite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gold  (*)
Graphite  (*)Greenalite  (*)Grunerite  (*)Hastingsite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Safflorite  (*)Silver  (*)
Stilpnomelane  (*)Uraninite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2584255308803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)32584255302353
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42584255305516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)25842553027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2584255305707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS225842553027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS258425530966
Cobaltpentlandite  (*)PentlanditeCo9S825842553082
Copper  (*)CopperCu2584255303846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2584255304165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S2584255301027
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2584255308173
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)258425530371
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22584255309617
Gold  (*)CopperAu25842553030554
Graphite  (*)NoneC2584255302812
Greenalite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+)2-3Si2O5(OH)425842553061
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)2258425530223
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2258425530209
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O325842553014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32584255305433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O425842553014899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22584255305800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)225842553017380
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S82584255301512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS225842553039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82584255309056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO225842553061156
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2258425530317
Silver  (*)CopperAg2584255305186
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O258425530456
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO22584255302718
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)2584255305251


5 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-00353258425682576±8Re-Os molybdeniteKR-21-A  Molybdenite Mo145877Salobo Mine, Marabá, Carajás Mineral Province, Pará, BrazilSaloboRequia et al. (2003)10.1007/s00126-003-0364-1MD38_727 
Mo-00354258425682576±8Re-Os molybdeniteKR-21-A  Molybdenite Mo145877Salobo Mine, Marabá, Carajás Mineral Province, Pará, BrazilSaloboRequia et al. (2003)10.1007/s00126-003-0364-1MD38_727 
Mo-00355256925532561±8Re-Os molybdeniteKR-21-B  Molybdenite Mo145877Salobo Mine, Marabá, Carajás Mineral Province, Pará, BrazilSaloboRequia et al. (2003)10.1007/s00126-003-0364-1MD38_727 
Mo-00356257025542562±8Re-Os molybdeniteKR-21-B  Molybdenite Mo145877Salobo Mine, Marabá, Carajás Mineral Province, Pará, BrazilSaloboRequia et al. (2003)10.1007/s00126-003-0364-1MD38_727 
Mo-00357257125552563±8Re-Os molybdeniteKR-21-B  Molybdenite Mo145877Salobo Mine, Marabá, Carajás Mineral Province, Pará, BrazilSaloboRequia et al. (2003)10.1007/s00126-003-0364-1MD38_727 

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