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Locality Name:
Canavieiras Mine, Jacobina, Serra De Jacobina, Bahia, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1988
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1903

mindat Locality ID: 210148
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210148.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Canavieiras Mine, Jacobina, Serra De Jacobina, Bahia, Brazil": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Piritoso Reef

Latitude: 10°55'"S
Longitude: 40°38'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -10.916666666667,-40.649722222222

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 Cr Fe H K O S Si Ti U Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cr Fe O S Si Ti U Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteClayCopperFluoriteMicaNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRutile
SpinelZircon

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Chromite  (*)Gold  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Uraninite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51988190301310
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41988190303902
Gold  (*)CopperAu1988190312713030554
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21988190312713017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21988190312713039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81988190309056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21988190312713061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21988190305614
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21988190302718
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1988190305251



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
DeepDive-Co-0057198819031903-1988Ar-Arage of sheared vein in Unit 4 between the Joa˜o Belo and Itapicuru mines   YesPhlogopite, Pyrite, Quartz 24818Jacobina, Serra De Jacobina, Bahia, BrazilJacobinaMilesi et al. (2002)10.1016/S0169-1368(01)00038-5OGR19_95age of sheared vein in Unit 4 between the Joa˜o Belo and Itapicuru mines


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