Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Mato Grosso, Brazil

mindat Locality ID: 146001
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146001.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mato Grosso, Brazil": 133
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 67

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Alto Guaporé District
Alto Rio Paraguai District
Jauru District
Juína Kimberlite Field
Juruena-Teles Pires Mineral Province
Poxoréo District
Ribeirão Cascalheira

Latitude: 13°13'56"S
Longitude: 58°1'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -13.232222222222,-58.032777777778

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.

Amphibole	Aphthitalite	Arsenic	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum
Covellite	Diamond	Epidote	Fairchildite	Feldspar	Haxonite	Iron	Jeffbenite	Margarosanite	Mica
Millerite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pavonite	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Post-spinel	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Titanite
Topaz	Wollastonite	Wöhlerite	Zircon

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 Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aphthitalite Arsenic Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Coronadite Corundum
Covellite Diamond Epidote Fairchildite Feldspar Haxonite Iron Jeffbenite Margarosanite Mica
Millerite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pavonite Pentlandite Perovskite Post-spinel Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc Tetrahedrite Titanite
Topaz Wollastonite Wöhlerite Zircon

71 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bornite ()*	Breyite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Coesite ()*	Corundum ()*	Cotunnite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cupropavonite ()*
Cuspidine ()*	Diamond ()*	Dolomite ()*	Eitelite ()*	Epidote ()*
Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Halite ()*
Haxonite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Hollandite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Iron ()*	Jeffbenite ()*	Magnesioferrite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Matildite ()*	Merwinite ()*	Microcline ()*	Millerite ()*	Monticellite ()*
Mummeite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nahcolite ()*	Nyerereite ()*	Oskarssonite ()*
Parascandolaite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Periclase ()*	Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pigeonite ()*	Plattnerite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Ringwoodite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stishovite ()*
Sylvite ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*
Variscite ()*	Violarite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Wüstite ()*	Xieite ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	27444	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	27444,27457	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	27372	1588
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	27444	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	2	27444,27450	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5	27380,27422,27437,27442,27450	5516
Breyite ()*	Margarosanite	Ca₃Si₃O₉	1	27370	1
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	27370,27372,27444,27457	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	27450	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	12	27366,27380,27415,27417,27419,27422,27437,27444,27450,27452,27453,27466	27198
Coesite ()*	Not in a structural group	SiO₂	1	27372	77
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	27369	1797
Cotunnite ()*	None	PbCl₂	1	27372	54
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	27417,27422	4165
Cupropavonite ()*	Pavonite	Cu_0.9Ag_0.5Pb_0.6Bi_2.5S₅	1	27444	18
Cuspidine ()*	Wöhlerite	Ca₈(Si₂O₇)₂F₄	1	27372	67
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	13	27357,27360,27361,27363,27367,27369,27370,27372,27469,27471,27472,27473,27474	697
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	27371,27372,27444	9895
Eitelite ()*	None	Na₂Mg(CO₃)₂	2	27371,27372	20
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	27444,27457	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	27370	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	27422,27437,27444	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	77	27345,27346,27348,27349,27352,27354,27366,27374,27375,27377,27378,27380,27382,27383,27384,27385,27386,27387,27388,27389,27390,27391,27392,27393,27397,27398,27399,27401,27403,27406,27407,27408,27409,27410,27413,27414,27415,27416,27417,27418,27419,27421,27422,27423,27425,27428,27429,27430,27431,27432,27433,27434,27435,27437,27439,27440,27442,27443,27444,27446,27447,27449,27450,27451,27452,27453,27454,27455,27456,27457,27458,27459,27460,27461,27464,27465,27466	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	2	27371,27372	2812
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	2	27371,27372	1398
Haxonite ()*	Haxonite	(Fe,Ni)₂₃C₆	1	27372	26
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	27371,27372,27435	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	27444	804
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	27369	243
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	3	27369,27372,27444	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	2	27371,27372	1089
Jeffbenite ()*	Jeffbenite	Mg₃Al₂Si₃O₁₂	1	27370	2
Magnesioferrite ()*	Spinel	MgFe³⁺₂O₄	1	27372	98
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2	27371,27372	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	11	27372,27380,27382,27417,27419,27423,27435,27437,27444,27450,27457	14899
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	1	27444	252
Merwinite ()*	Aphthitalite	Ca₃Mg(SiO₄)₂	1	27370	23
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	27444,27457	4924
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	2	27371,27372	1066
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	1	27372	153
Mummeite ()*	Pavonite	Cu_0.58Ag_3.11Pb_1.10Bi_6.65S₁₃	1	27444	9
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	27369,27425,27444,27450,27457	17380
Nahcolite ()*	None	NaH(CO₃)	1	27372	78
Nyerereite ()*	Fairchildite	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂	1	27372	18
Oskarssonite ()*	Perovskite	AlF₃	2	27371,27372	3
Parascandolaite ()*	Perovskite	KMgF₃	1	27372	2
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2	27371,27372	1512
Periclase ()*	Rocksalt	MgO	2	27369,27372	114
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	2	27369,27372	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	27371	2273
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	1	27369	303
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	1	27372	158
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	20	27366,27377,27378,27380,27382,27387,27415,27417,27419,27422,27425,27435,27437,27442,27444,27450,27452,27453,27457,27466	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	5	27366,27372,27380,27437,27457	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	57	27346,27377,27378,27380,27382,27385,27387,27389,27390,27392,27393,27397,27398,27399,27401,27403,27406,27407,27408,27409,27410,27413,27415,27416,27417,27419,27422,27423,27425,27428,27429,27431,27432,27433,27435,27439,27440,27442,27443,27444,27446,27447,27449,27450,27451,27452,27453,27455,27457,27458,27459,27460,27461,27464,27465,27466,27470	61156
Ringwoodite ()*	Spinel	SiMg₂O₄	1	27368	25
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5	27371,27372,27417,27444,27457	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	6	27380,27422,27437,27442,27444,27450	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2	27371,27372	1934
Stishovite ()*	Rutile	SiO₂	1	27369	26
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	2	27371,27372	275
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	27425	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	27422	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	27444,27457	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	27475	1476
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	27475	301
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	2	27371,27372	380
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	27372	1247
Wüstite ()*	Rocksalt	FeO	1	27372	74
Xieite ()*	Post-spinel	FeCr₂O₄	1	27372	2
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	27444	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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