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Locality Name:
Serra Negra Deposit, São João Da Serra Negra, Patrocínio, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 19456
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19456.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Serra Negra Deposit, São João Da Serra Negra, Patrocínio, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 18°55'13"S
Longitude: 46°53'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.920277777778,-46.886666666667
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: C Ca O Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca O Si Ti Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaddeleyiteCalciteNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskiteQuartz

5 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)Calcite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21456602162
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO2145660238
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14566027770
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3145660495
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214566061156


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000685MAGMATIC STYLE: Major intrusions. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Pyroxenite, dunite, peridotite, jacupirangite, shonkinite, fenite.
Jen_0000686MAGMATIC STYLE: Major intrusions. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Pyroxenite, dunite, peridotite, jacupirangite, shonkinite, fenite.
Jen_0000687MAGMATIC STYLE: Major intrusions. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Pyroxenite, dunite, peridotite, jacupirangite, shonkinite, fenite.
Jen_0000688MAGMATIC STYLE: Major intrusions. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Pyroxenite, dunite, peridotite, jacupirangite, shonkinite, fenite.


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
Jen_000068581.681.681.6        19456Serra Negra Deposit, São João Da Serra Negra, Patrocínio, Minas Gerais, BrazilSerra NegraWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_000068681.781.781.7K-Ar biotite     19456Serra Negra Deposit, São João Da Serra Negra, Patrocínio, Minas Gerais, BrazilSerra NegraWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_000068781.581.581.5K-Ar biotite     19456Serra Negra Deposit, São João Da Serra Negra, Patrocínio, Minas Gerais, BrazilSerra NegraWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_000068887.870.479.1±8.7Fission Track apatite     19456Serra Negra Deposit, São João Da Serra Negra, Patrocínio, Minas Gerais, BrazilSerra NegraWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
ree-0015214566Cretaceous        19456Serra Negra Deposit, São João Da Serra Negra, Patrocínio, Minas Gerais, BrazilSerra NegraOrris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 

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