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Locality Name:
Marabá, Carajás Mineral Province, Pará, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2584
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2553

mindat Locality ID: 192705
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-192705.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Marabá, Carajás Mineral Province, Pará, Brazil": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Buritirama Mn Deposit
Garimpo Das Pedras
Salobo Mine

Latitude: 5°47'15"S
Longitude: 50°32'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -5.7875,-50.536944444444
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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O S Si Ti U Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDigenite
EpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetLöllingiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneOlivine
PentlanditePyriteQuartzSerpentineSpinelStilpnomelaneZircon

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cobaltpentlandite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fayalite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gold  (*)
Graphite  (*)Greenalite  (*)Grunerite  (*)Hastingsite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Safflorite  (*)Silver  (*)
Stilpnomelane  (*)Uraninite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)258425531281748803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3258425531281742353
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4258425531281745516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2584255312817427770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S258425531281745707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22584255312817427198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS25842553128174966
Cobaltpentlandite  (*)PentlanditeCo9S82584255312817482
Copper  (*)CopperCu258425531281743846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS258425531281744165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S258425531281741027
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)258425531281748173
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)25842553128174371
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2258425531281749617
Gold  (*)CopperAu2584255312817430554
Graphite  (*)NoneC258425531281742812
Greenalite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+)2-3Si2O5(OH)42584255312817461
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)225842553128174223
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)225842553128174209
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32584255312817414640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3258425531281745433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42584255312817414899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2258425531281745800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22584255312817417380
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8258425531281741512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22584255312817439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8258425531281749056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO225842553228173,2817461156
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs225842553128174317
Silver  (*)CopperAg258425531281745186
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O25842553128174456
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2258425531281742718
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)258425531281745251


5 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
Mo-00353258425682576±8Re-Os molybdeniteKR-21-A  Molybdenite Mo145877Salobo Mine, Marabá, Carajás Mineral Province, Pará, BrazilSaloboRequia et al. (2003)10.1007/s00126-003-0364-1MD38_727 
Mo-00354258425682576±8Re-Os molybdeniteKR-21-A  Molybdenite Mo145877Salobo Mine, Marabá, Carajás Mineral Province, Pará, BrazilSaloboRequia et al. (2003)10.1007/s00126-003-0364-1MD38_727 
Mo-00355256925532561±8Re-Os molybdeniteKR-21-B  Molybdenite Mo145877Salobo Mine, Marabá, Carajás Mineral Province, Pará, BrazilSaloboRequia et al. (2003)10.1007/s00126-003-0364-1MD38_727 
Mo-00356257025542562±8Re-Os molybdeniteKR-21-B  Molybdenite Mo145877Salobo Mine, Marabá, Carajás Mineral Province, Pará, BrazilSaloboRequia et al. (2003)10.1007/s00126-003-0364-1MD38_727 
Mo-00357257125552563±8Re-Os molybdeniteKR-21-B  Molybdenite Mo145877Salobo Mine, Marabá, Carajás Mineral Province, Pará, BrazilSaloboRequia et al. (2003)10.1007/s00126-003-0364-1MD38_727 

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