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Locality Name:
Borborema Mineral Province, Paraíba, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 591
Youngest recorded age at locality: 520

mindat Locality ID: 190636
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-190636.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Borborema Mineral Province, Paraíba, Brazil": 46
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 32

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Catingueira
Frei Martinho
Junco Do Seridó
Nova Palmeira
Parelhas
Pedra Branca
Pedra Lavrada
Picuí
Salgadinho
Santa Luzia
São José Do Sabugi

Latitude: 6°51'41"S
Longitude: 36°56'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -6.8613888888889,-36.940277777778
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 As Au B Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Sr Ta Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AeschyniteAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleApatiteArrojaditeArsenicArseniosideriteArsenopyriteArthurite
AutuniteBerauniteBerylBismutiteCalciteCeriteChalcopyriteChildreniteChloriteClay
ClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorundumDufréniteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteGarnet
HumiteHureauliteKaoliniteKieseriteLazuliteMalachiteMatlockiteMicaMolybdeniteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePhosphosideritePrehnitePyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRhodonite
RockbridgeiteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStewartiteSulphurTapioliteTitanite
TourmalineTripliteVesuvianiteWarditeZircon

119 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Amblygonite  (*)Arrojadite-(KFe)  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)Barbosalite  (*)Beraunite  (*)Bermanite  (*)
Beryl  (*)Bismoclite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bismutotantalite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Brazilianite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carlhintzeite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysoberyl  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinohumite  (*)
Clinozoisite  (*)Colquiriite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Copper  (*)
Cordierite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Cyrilovite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dufrénite  (*)
Edenite  (*)Elbaite  (*)Eosphorite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferrisicklerite  (*)
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Ferro-hornblende  (*)Ferro-pargasite  (*)Ferro-tschermakite  (*)Ferrowodginite  (*)
Fersmite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Fluornatromicrolite  (*)Frondelite  (*)
Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)Gilalite  (*)Gold  (*)Goyazite  (*)
Grossular  (*)Grunerite  (*)Hastingsite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Heterosite  (*)
Humite  (*)Hureaulite  (*)Hydrokenoralstonite  (*)Hydroxylherderite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Ixiolite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Lazulite  (*)Lithiophilite  (*)Magnesio-hornblende  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Microcline  (*)Mitridatite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Pachnolite  (*)Pargasite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Phosphosiderite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrope  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Robertsite  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Saléeite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scorzalite  (*)Serrabrancaite  (*)
Sillimanite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spodumene  (*)Stewartite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Tantalaeschynite-(Y)  (*)Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)
Tavorite  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Triphylite  (*)
Triplite  (*)Tschermakite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Variscite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Wardite  (*)Whitlockite  (*)Wodginite  (*)Zircon  (*)
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)2520520328280,28320,283223419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)591520828282,28288,28289,28300,28306,28308,28317,283208803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3520520228280,283092353
Amblygonite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)F520520128288244
Arrojadite-(KFe)  (*)Arrojadite(KNa)Fe2+(CaNa2)Fe2+13Al(PO4)11(PO3OH)(OH)2591520228306,2830850
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS5205201282809052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O5205201282821272
Barbosalite  (*)LazuliteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)259155912830843
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O520520128315136
Bermanite  (*)ArthuriteMn2+Mn3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O59155912830855
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O185915201628282,28283,28284,28288,28296,28299,28300,28301,28305,28306,28307,28308,28311,28313,28314,283244286
Bismoclite  (*)MatlockiteBiOCl520520228305,2831171
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi520520228306,283111966
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)520520128306716
Bismutotantalite  (*)NoneBiTaO4520520228295,2831323
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4520520328290,28320,283225516
Brazilianite  (*)Not in a structural groupNaAl3(PO4)2(OH)452052012830659
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O520520128315280
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)52052012832227770
Carlhintzeite  (*)NoneCa2AlF7·H2O5915591283088
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2520520628296,28299,28300,28305,28307,283135171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2520520328280,28320,2832227198
Chrysoberyl  (*)OlivineBeAl2O4520520228299,28300321
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)85205201282801756
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F2520520128280236
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)5205201283201025
Colquiriite  (*)NoneCaLiAlF65205201283083
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6520520528284,28299,28300,28305,28314518
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O6520520428296,28301,28313,28314289
Copper  (*)CopperCu520520228317,283183846
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O18520520228300,283101008
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6520520228282,28306310
Cyrilovite  (*)WarditeNaFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O591520228282,2830860
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6520520228280,283224135
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O520520128315139
Edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2520520128280160
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)520520228288,28318520
Eosphorite  (*)ChildreniteMn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O520520128306128
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)520520328280,28320,283228173
Ferrisicklerite  (*)OlivineLi1-x(Fe3+,Mn2+)(PO4)520520228282,28306108
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg2.5-0.0Fe2+2.5-5.0)Si8O22(OH)2520520128280129
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2520520128280271
Ferro-pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)252052012828054
Ferro-tschermakite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)252052012828027
Ferrowodginite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Sn4+Ta2O852052012830016
Fersmite  (*)ColumbiteCaNb2O652052012830583
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F520520328282,28305,283152740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2520520328290,28316,283209617
Fluornatromicrolite  (*)Pyrochlore(Na1.5Bi0.5)Ta2O6F520520228288,2828913
Frondelite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Mn2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5591520328282,28308,2831552
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O4520520228300,28313445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS52052012832024243
Gilalite  (*)NoneCu5Si6O17·7H2O5205201283175
Gold  (*)CopperAu52052012828030554
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6520520128282173
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3520520228280,283221544
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)2520520128280223
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2520520128280209
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6520520128280741
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)520520228282,28306204
Humite  (*)HumiteMg7(SiO4)3F252052012828080
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O591520428282,28306,28308,28315125
Hydrokenoralstonite  (*)Pyrochlore   2Al2F6(H2O)59155912830856
Hydroxylherderite  (*)GadoliniteCaBe(PO4)(OH)520520328282,28286,28288119
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O35205201282845433
Ixiolite  (*)Columbite(Ta2/3Mn2+1/3)O2520520328284,28300,28305148
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)45205201283185591
Lazulite  (*)LazuliteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2520520128306232
Lithiophilite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)520520128306155
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2520520128280238
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4520520528280,28282,28284,28320,2832214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)252052012831012537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)591520628282,28288,28306,28308,28317,283244924
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O591520328282,28308,28315129
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2520520228320,283225800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)25915201028280,28282,28288,28289,28300,28306,28308,28315,28317,2831817380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O5205201283182994
Pachnolite  (*)NoneNaCaAlF6·H2O59155912830818
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2520520128280313
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)25205201283222273
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O591520328282,28306,28308182
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)25205201283201898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2520520428280,28282,28320,2832239462
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)3591520428303,28304,28310,28319341
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S85205201282809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25915201428282,28288,28289,28294,28296,28300,28305,28306,28308,28310,28317,28318,28322,2832461156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)520520128320969
Robertsite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Mn3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O52052012831536
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5520520128315206
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2520520728284,28293,28296,28299,28300,28301,283055614
Saléeite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)1059155912830895
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)520520328311,28320,283224894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)520520428282,28288,28311,283182705
Scorzalite  (*)LazuliteFe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)252052012831560
Serrabrancaite  (*)KieseriteMn(PO4)·H2O5915591283088
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO55205201283001516
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3520520228280,283001214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS52052012832021482
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O6520520128296688
Stewartite  (*)StewartiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O52052012830648
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS5205201282822045
Tantalaeschynite-(Y)  (*)AeschyniteY(Ta,Ti,Nb)2O65205201283243
Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Ta2O652052012830099
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O6520520428288,28296,28306,28313211
Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)TapioliteFe2+Ta2O65205201028283,28284,28287,28288,28296,28299,28300,28301,28307,2831388
Tavorite  (*)NoneLiFe3+(PO4)(OH)591520228306,2830835
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)5205201283061006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O520520228280,283204899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2520520228280,283202562
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)591520228282,28308313
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F591559128308233
Tschermakite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)252052012828073
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2591520328282,28298,283082718
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O520520128306301
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10520520228320,283221395
Wardite  (*)WarditeNaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O52052012830658
Whitlockite  (*)CeriteCa9Mg(PO3OH)(PO4)6520520128315104
Wodginite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Sn4+Ta2O8520520528283,28296,28299,28300,2830778
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)591520228300,283085251


2 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-0125591559575 ± 16Sm-NdAge of intrusionhighzircon   Zircon  444Serra Branca Pegmatite, Pedra Lavrada, Borborema Mineral Province, Paraíba, BrazilSerra Branca PegmatiteGUIMARÃES et al. (2017) RBG30_177The Serra Branca granitoids contain zircons which give an age o 575 ± 16 Ma. These granitoids show Sm-Nd TDM ages higher (2.3 to 2.5 Ga) than those recorded in the Solidão and Queimadas Plutons. It suggests that an Archean component may have been involved in the source of the Serra Branca granitoids.
Grew_Li_2019_0015520520520      Colquiriite 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
R070417Serra Branca Pegmatite, Pedra Lavrada, Borborema Mineral Province, Paraíba, Brazilhttps://rruff.info/R070417
R080077Serra Branca Pegmatite, Pedra Lavrada, Borborema Mineral Province, Paraíba, Brazilhttps://rruff.info/R080077
R080100Serra Branca Pegmatite, Pedra Lavrada, Borborema Mineral Province, Paraíba, Brazilhttps://rruff.info/R080100
R060589Quixaba Mine, Santa Luzia, Borborema Mineral Province, Paraíba, Brazilhttps://rruff.info/R060589

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