Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Mazagão, Amapá, Brazil

mindat Locality ID: 186029
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186029.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mazagão, Amapá, Brazil": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Vila Nova

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Millerite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Spinel	Ullmannite

Chromite ()*	Irarsite ()*	Laurite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Maucherite ()*
Michenerite ()*	Millerite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Sobolevskite ()*	Sperrylite ()*

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: As Bi Cr Fe Ir Ni O Pd Pt Ru S Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Millerite Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Spinel Ullmannite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	26923	3902
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	1	26923	154
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	1	26923	226
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	26923	14899
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈	1	26923	161
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	1	26923	114
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	26923	1066
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	26923	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	26923	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	26923	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	26923	9056
Sobolevskite ()*	Nickeline	PdBi	1	26923	44
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	1	26923	337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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