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Locality Name:
Mucuri Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 630
Youngest recorded age at locality: 585

mindat Locality ID: 204384
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204384.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mucuri Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Catuji
Pavão
Teófilo Otoni

Latitude: 17°33'23"S
Longitude: 41°7'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.556388888889,-41.125555555556
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 B Be Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Na Nb O P Si Sn Ti U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteBerylClayColumbiteFeldsparIronMicaNoneOlivineQuartz
RutileTopazTourmaline

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Beryl  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chrysoberyl  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)
Elbaite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Haiweeite  (*)Iron  (*)
Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)
Topaz  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)6305851279158803
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18630585427912,27914,27915,279164286
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO26305851279155171
Chrysoberyl  (*)OlivineBeAl2O4630585127915321
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6630585127915518
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)630585127915520
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F6305851279152740
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)6305851279151188
Haiweeite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(Si5O12)(OH)2·6H2O63058512791515
Iron  (*)IronFe6305851279151089
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)6305851279154924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)263058512791517380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2630585227914,2791561156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO26305851279155614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)6305851279152705
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F26305851279151476
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O630585127915890


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Alexandra-0440G1 supersuite


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
Alexandra-0440630585630-585U–PbAge of a magmatic arc formedzircon  YesZircon  381Divino Das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, BrazilDivinoPedrosa-Soares et al. (2011)10.1144/SP350.3GSSP350_25 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R061051Teófilo Otoni, Mucuri Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazilhttps://rruff.info/R061051
R060962Teófilo Otoni, Mucuri Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazilhttps://rruff.info/R060962

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