Mineral Evolution Database

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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2700
Youngest recorded age at locality: 16

mindat Locality ID: 146003
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146003.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Canaã Dos Carajás, Carajás Mineral Province, Pará, Brazil": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Alvo 118 Cu-Au Deposit
Estrela Cu-(Mo-Au-Sn) Deposit
Serra Sul Fe Deposit
Sossego Mine
Vermelho Deposit

Latitude: 6°24'"S
Longitude: 49°37'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -6.4,-49.616666666667

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.

Allanite	Amphibole	Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Hydrotalcite	Kaolinite	Medenbachite	Melonite	Mica	Millerite
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Stilpnomelane	Talc	Titanite	Topaz	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 B Ba Bi C Ca Ce Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sn Te Th Ti U Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amphibole Apatite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Hydrotalcite Kaolinite Medenbachite Melonite Mica Millerite
Molybdenite Nickeline None Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Stilpnomelane Talc Titanite Topaz Zircon

58 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Antigorite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferro-actinolite ()*	Ferro-edenite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Grunerite ()*	Hastingsite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Ludjibaite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Melonite ()*
Microcline ()*	Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Perovskite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyroaurite ()*	Pyrophanite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Ranciéite ()*	Rutile ()*	Siegenite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Synchysite-(Y) ()*	Talc ()*	Thorianite ()*
Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Tritomite-(Y) ()*	Uraninite ()*
Vaesite ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# 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	2700	2650	2	28157,28158	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2700	2650	3	28152,28157,28158	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2700	2650	1	28157	706
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	28159	708
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2700	2650	1	28158	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	28152	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	28152	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2700	16	4	28152,28153,28157,28158	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2700	16	4	28152,28153,28157,28158	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2700	16	4	28152,28153,28157,28158	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2700	2650	2	28156,28159	3902
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2700	2650	1	28157	1025
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2700	16	3	28153,28157,28158	8173
Ferro-actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_2.5-0.0Fe²⁺_2.5-5.0)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2700	2650	1	28157	129
Ferro-edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Fe²⁺₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	2700	2650	1	28157	57
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	23	16	2	28152,28153	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2700	2650	2	28157,28158	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃			1	28155	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	28155	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2700	16	3	28153,28157,28158	30554
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2700	2650	1	28156	223
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	2700	2650	2	28157,28158	209
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2700	16	5	28152,28153,28155,28157,28158	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	2700	2650	3	28152,28157,28158	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2700	2650	1	28157	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	28155	5591
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	28159	359
Ludjibaite ()*	Medenbachite	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	2700	2650	1	28156	12
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2700	16	5	28152,28153,28157,28158,28159	14899
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	2700	2650	2	28157,28158	207
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2700	2650	2	28152,28156	4924
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	2700	2650	2	28157,28158	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2700	16	3	28153,28157,28158	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	28155	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2700	16	4	28152,28153,28157,28158	17380
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	2700	2650	2	28157,28158	495
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2700	16	4	28152,28153,28157,28158	39462
Pyroaurite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O			1	28159	89
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	2700	2650	2	28157,28158	244
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2700	16	3	28153,28157,28158	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2700	16	5	28152,28153,28157,28158,28159	61156
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O			1	28155	177
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2700	2650	2	28157,28158	5614
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	2700	2650	2	28157,28158	249
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	28152	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2700	2650	2	28157,28158	21482
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O			1	28152	456
Synchysite-(Y) ()*	None	CaY(CO₃)₂F			1	28152	55
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2700	2650	1	28156	3337
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	2700	2650	2	28157,28158	236
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)			1	28152	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2700	2650	3	28152,28157,28158	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	23	16	1	28153	1476
Tritomite-(Y) ()*	Apatite	Y₅(SiO₄,BO₄)₃(O,OH,F)			1	28152	6
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2700	2650	2	28157,28158	2718
Vaesite ()*	Pyrite	NiS₂	2700	2650	2	28157,28158	106
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O			1	28159	652
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)			1	28152	939

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	PorphCu-00211	23	16	early Miocene									Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Fluorite, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Muscovite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite	Cu	191095	Estrela Cu-(Mo-Au-Sn) Deposit, Canaã Dos Carajás, Carajás Mineral Province, Pará, Brazil	Estrela	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
	DeepDive-Co-0008	2700	2650	2700-2650	U-Pb	ages of gabbros in deposits									145879	Sossego Mine, Canaã Dos Carajás, Carajás Mineral Province, Pará, Brazil	Sequeirinho orebody, Sossego iron oxide–copper–gold deposit	Monteiro et al. (2008)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2008.01.003	OGR34_317	ages of gabbros in deposits

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060413	Sossego Mine, Canaã Dos Carajás, Carajás Mineral Province, Pará, Brazil	https://rruff.info/R060413

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