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Locality Name:
Sossego Mine, Canaã Dos Carajás, Carajás Mineral Province, Pará, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2700
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2650

mindat Locality ID: 145879
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145879.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sossego Mine, Canaã Dos Carajás, Carajás Mineral Province, Pará, Brazil": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Pista-Sequeirinho-Baiano Orebodies
Sossego-Curral Orebodies

Latitude: 6°25'51"S
Longitude: 50°4'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -6.4308333333333,-50.068611111111
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 Au Ba C Ca Ce Co Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sn Te Th Ti U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cr Cu Fe H K Mg O P Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAmphiboleBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidote
FeldsparFluoriteMedenbachiteMeloniteMicaMilleriteMolybdeniteNickelineNonePerovskite
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelTalcTitanite

39 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Ferro-edenite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Grunerite  (*)
Hastingsite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Ludjibaite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Melonite  (*)Microcline  (*)Millerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophanite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siegenite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)
Thorianite  (*)Titanite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Vaesite  (*)
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)227002650228157,281583419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)27002650228157,281588803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)27002650128157706
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2700265012815811547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)27002650228157,2815827770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO227002650228157,281585171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS227002650228157,2815827198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O42700265003902
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)270026501281571025
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)27002650228157,281588173
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg2.5-0.0Fe2+2.5-5.0)Si8O22(OH)227002650128157129
Ferro-edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Fe2+5(Si7Al)O22(OH)22700265012815757
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS27002650228157,2815824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu27002650228157,2815830554
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)2270026500223
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)227002650228157,28158209
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O327002650228157,2815814640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te27002650228157,28158804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3270026501281575433
Ludjibaite  (*)MedenbachiteCu5(PO4)2(OH)427002650012
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O427002650228157,2815814899
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe227002650228157,28158207
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2700265004924
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS27002650228157,281581066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS227002650228157,281585800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)227002650228157,2815817380
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO327002650228157,28158495
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS227002650228157,2815839462
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO327002650228157,28158244
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S827002650228157,281589056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO227002650228157,2815861156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO227002650228157,281585614
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S427002650228157,28158249
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS27002650228157,2815821482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)22700265003337
Thorianite  (*)FluoriteThO227002650228157,28158236
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O27002650228157,281584899
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO227002650228157,281582718
Vaesite  (*)PyriteNiS227002650228157,28158106


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
DeepDive-Co-0008270026502700-2650U-Pbages of gabbros in deposits      145879Sossego Mine, Canaã Dos Carajás, Carajás Mineral Province, Pará, BrazilSequeirinho orebody, Sossego iron oxide–copper–gold depositMonteiro et al. (2008)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2008.01.003OGR34_317ages of gabbros in deposits

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060413Sossego Mine, Canaã Dos Carajás, Carajás Mineral Province, Pará, Brazilhttps://rruff.info/R060413

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