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Locality Name:
Paracatu, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1350
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 210139
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210139.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Paracatu, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Morro Agudo Pb-Zn Mine
Morro Do Ouro Mine

Latitude: 17°20'47"S
Longitude: 46°50'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.346388888889,-46.847222222222

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	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Mica	Nickeline
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel

Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Margarite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

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

20 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
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	27982	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	27982	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1350	541	1	27981	11547
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	27982	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			1	27982	1756
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1350	541	2	27981,27982	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1100	600	2	27981,27982	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	27982	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	27982	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	27982	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	27982	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	27982	14899
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂			1	27982	168
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	27982	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1350	541	2	27981,27982	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	27982	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1350	541	2	27981,27982	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	27982	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	27982	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1350	541	2	27981,27982	21482

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
SASIG1_118_0001	1100	900	1000 ± 100	Pb-Pb	mineralization	galena	Galena	166535	Morro Agudo Pb-Zn Mine, Paracatu, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Morro Agudo	Freitas-Silva (1997)	SASIG1_118
SASIG1_118_0002	600	600	600	Pb-Pb	remobilization event	galena	Galena	166535	Morro Agudo Pb-Zn Mine, Paracatu, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Morro Agudo	Freitas-Silva (1997)	SASIG1_118
sedexmvt-00040	1000	541	Neoproterozoic		host rock age			166535	Morro Agudo Pb-Zn Mine, Paracatu, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Morro Agudo	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedznpb-00060	1350	950	Neoproterozoic, 1350–950 Ma					166535	Morro Agudo Pb-Zn Mine, Paracatu, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Morro Agudo	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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