Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cuiabá Mine, Sabará, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2670
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2670

mindat Locality ID: 210137
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210137.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cuiabá Mine, Sabará, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 19°52'"S
Longitude: 43°44'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.866666666667,-43.744444444444

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Mica	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Paragonite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Feldspar Mica Nickeline None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2670	2670	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2670	2670	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2670	2670	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2670	2670	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2670	2670	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2670	2670	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2670	2670	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2670	2670	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2670	2670	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2670	2670	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2670	2670	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2670	2670	17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	2670	2670	767
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2670	2670	247
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2670	2670	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2670	2670	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2670	2670	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2670	2670	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2670	2670	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2670	2670	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2670	2670	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2670	2670	3418

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
	DeepDive-Co-0009	2670	2670	2670											210137	Cuiabá Mine, Sabará, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Cuiabá gold deposit	Ribeiro et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2014.10.032	OGR67_11

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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