Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Quixaba Mine, Santa Luzia, Borborema Mineral Province, Paraíba, Brazil

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

mindat Locality ID: 187998
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187998.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Quixaba Mine, Santa Luzia, Borborema Mineral Province, Paraíba, Brazil": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleChalcopyriteClinozoisiteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteMolybdeniteNonePrehnitePyrite
RhodoniteRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelTitaniteVesuvianite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)252052003419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)52052008803
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS452052005516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2520520027198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)52052001025
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)52052008173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF252052009617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS520520024243
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4520520014899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS252052005800
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)252052001898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2520520039462
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)5205200969
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)52052004894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS520520021482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O52052004899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)252052002562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1052052001395


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
Grew_Li_2019_0015520520520     YesColquiriite 444Serra Branca Pegmatite, Pedra Lavrada, Borborema Mineral Province, Paraíba, BrazilSerra Branca pegmatite, Pedra Lavrada, Borborema mineral province, Paraiba, BrazilBeurlen et al. (2014)10.1016/j.jsames.2014.08.007JSAES56_110 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060589Quixaba Mine, Santa Luzia, Borborema Mineral Province, Paraíba, Brazilhttps://rruff.info/R060589

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