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Locality Name:
Curaçá, Curaçá River Valley, Bahia, Brazil


mindat Locality ID: 186049
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186049.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Curaçá, Curaçá River Valley, Bahia, Brazil": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Surubim Deposit

Latitude: 8°59'29"S
Longitude: 39°54'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -8.9913888888889,-39.905833333333
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: As C Cu Fe H Ni O Pb S Te Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDigeniteMalachiteMeloniteNickelineNone
PentlanditePyriteRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStanniteWurtzite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Altaite  (*)Anilite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Digenite  (*)Djurleite  (*)
Graphite  (*)Idaite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Melonite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe127023489
Anilite  (*)DigeniteCu7S412702388
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1270239052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41270235516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1270235707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212702327198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1270234165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3127023802
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1270231027
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16127023300
Graphite  (*)NoneC1270232812
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS4127023142
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31270235433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O412702314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)212702312537
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe2127023207
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81270231512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212702339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81270239056


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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