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Locality Name:
Sabará, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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

mindat Locality ID: 210159
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210159.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cuiabá Mine
Lamego Au Deposit

Latitude: 19°53'26"S
Longitude: 43°45'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.890555555556,-43.755

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 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: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumFeldsparMicaNickelineNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibnite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Paragonite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)26702670228039,280408803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)226702670228039,280403092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS267026701280399052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)26702670228039,2804027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22670267012803927198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)226702670228039,280409895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2670267012803924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu26702670228039,2804030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32670267012803914640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3267026701280395433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42670267012803914899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)226702670228039,2804017380
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS26702670128039767
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)226702670128039247
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22670267012803939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8267026701280399056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO226702670228039,2804061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2267026701280395614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)267026701280394894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)26702670228039,280406417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2670267012803921482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3267026701280393418



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-0009267026702670        210137Cuiabá Mine, Sabará, Minas Gerais, BrazilCuiabá gold depositRibeiro et al. (2015)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2014.10.032OGR67_11 


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