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Locality Name:
Centro Novo Do Maranhão, Gurupi Belt, Maranhão, Brazil


mindat Locality ID: 207592
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207592.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Centro Novo Do Maranhão, Gurupi Belt, Maranhão, Brazil": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Chega Tudo Deposit
Cipoeiro Claim
Serrinha Claim

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteMicaNonePyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12733427770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212733427198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1273348173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12733424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu327334,27337,2733830554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31273345433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O412733414899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212733417380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212733439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212733461156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21273345614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12733421482



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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