Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Caeté, Minas Gerais, Brazil

mindat Locality ID: 210174
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210174.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Caeté, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Caeté Mine
Cata Branca Mine
Juca Vieira Mine
Roça Grande Mine

Latitude: 19°57'2"S
Longitude: 43°38'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.950555555556,-43.636666666667

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote
Feldspar	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Stibnite	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tourmaline

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Muscovite ()*	Paragonite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote
Feldspar Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite
Stibnite Talc Tetrahedrite Titanite Tourmaline

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	27541	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	27541	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	27541	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	27541	9052
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	27540	1935
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	27541	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	27541	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	27541	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	27541	577
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	27541	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	27541	1025
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	27541	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	27541	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	27541	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	27539,27540,27541,27542	30554
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	27541	17380
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	27541	247
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	27541	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	27541	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	27540,27541,27542	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	27539,27541	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	27541	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	27541	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	27541	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	27541	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	27540,27541	3418
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	27542	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	27541	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	27541	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	27541	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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