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Locality Name:
Ponte Do Piauí Claim, Piauí Valley, Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 525
Youngest recorded age at locality: 525

mindat Locality ID: 18406
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18406.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ponte Do Piauí Claim, Piauí Valley, Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 16°43'32"S
Longitude: 41°53'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -16.725555555556,-41.898333333333
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 B Ba Be Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Si Sn U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ba Be Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Si Sn U Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteBerylBerylloniteChildreniteClayColumbiteFeldsparLaueiteMicaNone
QuartzRoscheriteRutileTourmalineWardite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Beryl  (*)Beryllonite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Childrenite  (*)
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Elbaite  (*)Eosphorite  (*)Fluor-elbaite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Greifensteinite  (*)Guimarãesite  (*)Microcline  (*)Montebrasite  (*)Moraesite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Quartz  (*)Saléeite  (*)Schorl  (*)Uralolite  (*)
Ushkovite  (*)Wardite  (*)Wilancookite  (*)Zanazziite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)52552508803
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1852552504286
Beryllonite  (*)BerylloniteNaBe(PO4)525525047
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO252552505171
Childrenite  (*)ChildreniteFe2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O525525093
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O65255250289
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)5255250520
Eosphorite  (*)ChildreniteMn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O5255250128
Fluor-elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3F525525031
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F52552502740
Greifensteinite  (*)RoscheriteCa2Be4Fe2+5(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O525525027
Guimarãesite  (*)RoscheriteCa2Be4Zn5(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O52552502
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)52552504924
Montebrasite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)(OH)5255250200
Moraesite  (*)NoneBe2(PO4)(OH)·4H2O525525035
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2525525017380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2525525061156
Saléeite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)10525525095
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)52552502705
Uralolite  (*)NoneCa2Be4(PO4)3(OH)3·5H2O52552508
Ushkovite  (*)LaueiteMgFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O525525018
Wardite  (*)WarditeNaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O525525058
Wilancookite  (*)None(Ba5Li2   )Ba6Be24P24O96·26H2O52552501
Zanazziite  (*)RoscheriteCa2Be4Mg5(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O525525021


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-0151525525525 Age of intrusion      18406Ponte Do Piauí Claim, Piauí Valley, Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais, BrazilPonte Do Piauí ClaimQuéméneur and Lagache (1999) RBG29_27 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R100091Ponte Do Piauí Claim, Piauí Valley, Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazilhttps://rruff.info/R100091

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