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Locality Name:
Jenipapo District, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 699
Youngest recorded age at locality: 619

mindat Locality ID: 23061
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23061.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jenipapo District, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Guta Gusmão Claim
João Pego Pegmatite
Jorge Pegmatite
Mario Pinto Pegmatite
Murundu Mine
Santa Maria Claim

Latitude: 16°39'32"S
Longitude: 41°52'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -16.658888888889,-41.877222222222
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 B Be Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sn Sr Ta W Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be Ca Fe H Mg Mn Na O P Si Sr W 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAndalusiteApatiteChildreniteClayColumbiteFeldsparJahnsiteLaueiteMica
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRockbridgeiteRoscheriteRutileTourmaline

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Brazilianite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Elbaite  (*)
Eosphorite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Goyazite  (*)Greifensteinite  (*)
Jahnsite-(CaMnMg)  (*)Kosnarite  (*)Lithiotantite  (*)Microcline  (*)Montebrasite  (*)
Moraesite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Olenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rockbridgeite  (*)Roscherite  (*)Schorl  (*)Ushkovite  (*)Wodginite  (*)
Zanazziite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)699619227804,278058803
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO569961901310
Brazilianite  (*)Not in a structural groupNaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4699619059
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO26996191278055171
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)699619127805520
Eosphorite  (*)ChildreniteMn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O6996190128
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)6996190551
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F6996191278052740
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)66996190173
Greifensteinite  (*)RoscheriteCa2Be4Fe2+5(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O699619027
Jahnsite-(CaMnMg)  (*)JahnsiteCaMn2+Mg2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O699619014
Kosnarite  (*)NoneKZr2(PO4)3699619227803,278047
Lithiotantite  (*)ColumbiteLiTa3O86996191278054
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)6996191278054924
Montebrasite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)(OH)699619127805200
Moraesite  (*)NoneBe2(PO4)(OH)·4H2O699619035
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2699619427802,27803,27804,2780517380
Olenite  (*)TourmalineNaAl3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3O3(OH)699619024
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS269961912780539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2699619227804,2780561156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)56996190206
Roscherite  (*)RoscheriteCa2Mn2+5Be4(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O69961912780322
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)6996191278052705
Ushkovite  (*)LaueiteMgFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O699619018
Wodginite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Sn4+Ta2O869961912780578
Zanazziite  (*)RoscheriteCa2Be4Mg5(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O699619427803,27804,27805,2780621


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Scott-MD35_638-0001mine


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
Scott-MD35_638-0001699619659 ± 40Rb-SrAge of metamorphismwhole rock     245471Murundu Mine, Jenipapo District, Itinga, Minas Gerais, BrazilMurundu MineMorteani et al. (2000)10.1007/s001260050268MD35_638 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060250Jenipapo District, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazilhttps://rruff.info/R060250
R100220Jenipapo District, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazilhttps://rruff.info/R100220
R100165Murundu Mine, Jenipapo District, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazilhttps://rruff.info/R100165

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