Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Crixás Gold Field, Goiás, Brazil

mindat Locality ID: 207580
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207580.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Crixás Gold Field, Goiás, Brazil": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Crixás
Guarinos
Pilar De Goiás

Latitude: 14°35'13"S
Longitude: 49°55'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -14.586944444444,-49.929444444444

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote
Feldspar	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Tetradymite	Titanite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferro-actinolite ()*	Ferro-tschermakite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Grunerite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Maldonite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Paragonite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphotsumoite ()*
Talc ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Zircon ()*
Zoisite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Si Te Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote
Feldspar Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc Tetradymite Titanite Zircon

41 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	4	27257,27259,27263,27264	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	27256,27263	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3	27259,27260,27263	3092
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	0		1036
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	6	27257,27258,27259,27260,27263,27267	9052
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	27263	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	27259	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	27258,27259,27260,27263,27267	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1	27259	376
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		1025
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	27259	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	27257,27259,27263	8173
Ferro-actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_2.5-0.0Fe²⁺_2.5-5.0)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		129
Ferro-tschermakite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	0		27
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	27256,27257,27263,27267	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	7	27257,27258,27259,27260,27263,27264,27267	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	27256	2812
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	27259	223
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	27259,27263	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	27259	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	27259	14899
Maldonite ()*	None	Au₂Bi	1	27263	88
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	27263,27264	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	27263	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	27259,27263	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	27257	2349
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	27259,27263	247
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	27260	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	27259	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	27257,27259,27263,27267	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	5	27257,27258,27259,27260,27263	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	27257,27259,27260,27263,27264,27267	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	27259	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	27257	21482
Sulphotsumoite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₃Te₂S	1	27263	13
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		3337
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1	27263	510
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	27263	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	27259	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	27257	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	27256,27257	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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