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:
Junco Do Seridó, Borborema Mineral Province, Paraíba, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 520
Youngest recorded age at locality: 520

mindat Locality ID: 186034
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186034.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Junco Do Seridó, Borborema Mineral Province, Paraíba, Brazil": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Alto Do Lira
Edilson Claim
Manuel Balduino Claim
Seridozinho Pegmatite

Latitude: 6°55'38"S
Longitude: 36°42'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -6.9272222222222,-36.711111111111

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.

Beryl	Columbite	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Tapiolite

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 Be Bi Fe Li Mn Nb O Si Sn Ta Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Columbite None Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Tapiolite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Beryl ()*	Bismutotantalite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Spodumene ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Wodginite ()*

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
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	520	520	1	28296	4286
Bismutotantalite ()*	None	BiTaO₄	520	520	1	28295	23
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	520	520	1	28296	5171
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	520	520	1	28296	289
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	520	520	2	28294,28296	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	520	520	2	28293,28296	5614
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	520	520	1	28296	688
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	520	520	1	28296	211
Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Tapiolite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	520	520	1	28296	88
Wodginite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈	520	520	1	28296	78

1 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
	Grew_Li_2019_0015	520	520	520							Yes		Colquiriite		444	Serra Branca Pegmatite, Pedra Lavrada, Borborema Mineral Province, Paraíba, Brazil	Serra Branca pegmatite, Pedra Lavrada, Borborema mineral province, Paraiba, Brazil	Beurlen et al. (2014)	10.1016/j.jsames.2014.08.007	JSAES56_110

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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