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Locality Name:
Crixás, Crixás Gold Field, Goiás, Brazil


mindat Locality ID: 224749
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-224749.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Crixás, Crixás Gold Field, Goiás, Brazil": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Crixás Belt

Latitude: 14°35'13"S
Longitude: 49°55'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -14.586944444444,-49.929722222222
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 Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteChloritoidClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidote
FeldsparMicaNickelineNonePentlanditePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphalerite
SpinelZircon

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Grunerite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Paragonite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
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)2227257,272593419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1272568803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2227259,272603092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS427257,27258,27259,272609052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12725927770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2327258,27259,2726027198
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2127259376
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21272599895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)227257,272598173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS227256,2725724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu427257,27258,27259,2726030554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1272562812
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)2127259223
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O312725914640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31272595433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O412725914899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212725917380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1272572349
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2127259247
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81272601512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21272592273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2227257,2725939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8427257,27258,27259,272609056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2327257,27259,2726061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21272595614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12725721482
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21272592562
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1272575251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)227256,272571025


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