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Locality Name:
Laranjeiras, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 630
Youngest recorded age at locality: 585

mindat Locality ID: 146008
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146008.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Laranjeiras, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Alto Da Pitorra
Ênio Claim (Ênio Pegmatite; Lavra Do Ênio Pegmatite)
Pitorra Claim

Latitude: 18°57'6"S
Longitude: 41°29'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.951666666667,-41.494444444444
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: Al As B Be Bi Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sn U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlluauditeAmorphousApatiteArrojaditeArsenicArsenopyriteBerylBerylloniteChalcopyriteChildrenite
ColumbiteCovelliteCubaniteDiasporeFairfielditeFeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteGraftoniteJahnsite
LöllingiteLaueiteNickelineNoneOlivinePhosphosideritePhosphuranylitePyriteQuartzReddingite
RockbridgeiteRocksaltRoscheriteRutileSphaleriteSulphurTetrahedriteTourmalineVivianiteWagnerite
WarditeWurtzite

53 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Alluaudite  (*)Arrojadite-(KFe)  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Beryllonite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Childrenite  (*)Claudetite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Cyrilovite  (*)Elbaite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Graftonite  (*)Greifensteinite  (*)Heterosite  (*)Hydroxylherderite  (*)
Laueite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Ludlamite  (*)Messelite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Montebrasite  (*)Opal  (*)Phosphoferrite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Phosphuranylite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Roscherite  (*)
Saléeite  (*)Sarcopside  (*)Schorl  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Tavorite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Triphylite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Vashegyite  (*)
Vivianite  (*)Whiteite-(CaFeMg)  (*)Wolfeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)6305851277318803
Alluaudite  (*)Alluaudite   NaMnFe3+2(PO4)363058512773294
Arrojadite-(KFe)  (*)Arrojadite(KNa)Fe2+(CaNa2)Fe2+13Al(PO4)11(PO3OH)(OH)263058512773250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS6305851277329052
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O186305851277314286
Beryllonite  (*)BerylloniteNaBe(PO4)63058512773247
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi6305851277321966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS46305851277325516
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO26305851277315171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS263058512773227198
Childrenite  (*)ChildreniteFe2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O63058512773293
Claudetite  (*)NoneAs2O363058512773235
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6630585127732518
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS6305851277324165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3630585127732802
Cyrilovite  (*)WarditeNaFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O63058512773260
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)630585127733520
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)630585127732551
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F6305851277322740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS63058512773224243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)6305851277327437
Graftonite  (*)GraftoniteFe2+Fe2+2(PO4)2630585127732107
Greifensteinite  (*)RoscheriteCa2Be4Fe2+5(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O63058512773227
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)630585127732204
Hydroxylherderite  (*)GadoliniteCaBe(PO4)(OH)630585127732119
Laueite  (*)LaueiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O63058512773270
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2630585127732762
Ludlamite  (*)NoneFe2+3(PO4)2·4H2O63058512773266
Messelite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Fe2+(PO4)2·2H2O63058512773243
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)630585227731,277334924
Montebrasite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)(OH)630585127732200
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O6305851277312994
Phosphoferrite  (*)ReddingiteFe2+3(PO4)2·3H2O63058512773231
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O630585127732182
Phosphuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O630585127732182
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS263058512773239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S86305851277329056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2630585227731,2773361156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5630585127732206
Roscherite  (*)RoscheriteCa2Mn2+5Be4(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O63058512773222
Saléeite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)1063058512773295
Sarcopside  (*)NoneFe2+3(PO4)263058512773258
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)6305851277312705
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS63058512773221482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS6305851277322045
Tavorite  (*)NoneLiFe3+(PO4)(OH)63058512773235
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S136305851277321803
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)630585127732313
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO26305851277322718
Vashegyite  (*)NoneAl11(PO4)9(OH)6·38H2O63058512773228
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O630585127732636
Whiteite-(CaFeMg)  (*)JahnsiteCaFe2+Mg2Al2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O6305851277327
Wolfeite  (*)WagneriteFe2+2(PO4)(OH)63058512773243


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Alexandra-0440G1 supersuite


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
Alexandra-0440630585630-585U–PbAge of a magmatic arc formedzircon  YesZircon  381Divino Das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, BrazilDivinoPedrosa-Soares et al. (2011)10.1144/SP350.3GSSP350_25 

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