Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Boquira, Bahia, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2500

mindat Locality ID: 207584
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207584.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Boquira, Bahia, Brazil": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Boquira Mine
Macaúbas Mountains
Serra Da Vereda

Latitude: 12°44'13"S
Longitude: 42°52'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -12.736944444444,-42.874722222222

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Baryte	Brochantite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corrensite	Corundum
Dumortierite	Lazulite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Sphalerite	Spinel	Zircon

Amblygonite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Augelite ()*	Berlinite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Dumortierite ()*	Galena ()*
Goyazite ()*	Grunerite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Lazulite ()*
Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rectorite ()*	Rutile ()*
Scorzalite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Svanbergite ()*	Trolleite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Na O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Baryte Brochantite Chalcopyrite Clay Corrensite Corundum
Dumortierite Lazulite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Sphalerite Spinel Zircon

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F			1	26973	244
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2500	2500	1	26971	2734
Augelite ()*	None	Al₂(PO₄)(OH)₃			2	26973,26977	79
Berlinite ()*	Quartz	Al(PO₄)			2	26973,26975	28
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	2500	2500	1	26971	1633
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2500	2500	1	26971	27198
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆			2	26973,26977	310
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2500	2500	1	26971	327
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈			5	26972,26973,26974,26975,26977	231
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2500	2500	1	26971	24243
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆			1	26973	173
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2500	2500	1	26971	223
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2500	2500	4	26971,26973,26975,26976	14640
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			1	26973	1507
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂			4	26973,26974,26976,26977	232
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	2500	2500	1	26971	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2500	2500	2	26971,26976	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	26973,26975	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2500	2500	0		2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2500	2500	1	26971	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	2500	2500	1	26971	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2500	2500	1	26971	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2500	2500	5	26971,26972,26973,26975,26977	61156
Rectorite ()*	Corrensite Clay	(Na,Ca)Al₄(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·2H₂O	2500	2500	1	26971	49
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			2	26973,26975	5614
Scorzalite ()*	Lazulite	Fe²⁺Al₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂			1	26973	60
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2500	2500	1	26971	21482
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆			1	26973	105
Trolleite ()*	None	Al₄(PO₄)₃(OH)₃			1	26973	16
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			4	26973,26974,26975,26977	5251

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
	sedznpb-00055	2500	2500	2500											8811	Boquira Mine, Boquira, Bahia, Brazil	Boquira	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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