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Locality Name:
Campo Formoso, Bahia, Brazil


mindat Locality ID: 221176
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-221176.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Campo Formoso, Bahia, Brazil": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Cascabulhos Mine
Limoeiro Mine
Mato Limpo Mine
Pedrinhas Mine
Socotó Mining District

Latitude: 10°30'28"S
Longitude: 40°19'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -10.507777777778,-40.323055555556
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: Ag Al As B Be Bi Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pd Pt Rh S Si Te 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBerylChalcopyriteClayDiasporeMeloniteMicaNickelineNonePentlandite
PhenakitePyriteQuartzSerpentineSpinelTourmalineUllmannite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Beryl  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cooperite  (*)Dravite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hessite  (*)Hollingworthite  (*)
Kotulskite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Melonite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)Moncheite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Phenakite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Spinel  (*)Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21270003419
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2126997718
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4126997708
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181270004286
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212699727198
Cooperite  (*)NonePtS126997124
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)127000648
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1269977437
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te126997804
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS126997119
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)126997116
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O412699714899
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe2126997207
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe2126997155
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)2126997133
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81269971512
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)127000326
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21269972273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212699739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81269979056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212700061156
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2126997337
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41269971934
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4126997380


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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