Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Estrela Cu-(Mo-Au-Sn) Deposit, Canaã Dos Carajás, Carajás Mineral Province, Pará, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 23
Youngest recorded age at locality: 16

mindat Locality ID: 191095
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191095.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Estrela Cu-(Mo-Au-Sn) Deposit, Canaã Dos Carajás, Carajás Mineral Province, Pará, Brazil": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 6°24'"S
Longitude: 49°37'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -6.4,-49.616666666667

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Fluorite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Topaz

Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Topaz ()*

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 Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo O S Si Sn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo O S Si Sn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Fluorite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rutile Spinel Topaz

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	23	16	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	23	16	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	23	16	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	23	16	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	23	16	9617
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	23	16	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	23	16	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	23	16	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	23	16	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	23	16	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	23	16	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	23	16	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	23	16	61156
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	23	16	1476

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
	PorphCu-00211	23	16	early Miocene									Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Fluorite, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Muscovite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite	Cu	191095	Estrela Cu-(Mo-Au-Sn) Deposit, Canaã Dos Carajás, Carajás Mineral Province, Pará, Brazil	Estrela	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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