Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Antônio Pereira District, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil

mindat Locality ID: 240514
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240514.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Antônio Pereira District, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Iron Deposit
Timbopeba Mine
Topaz Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Alunite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Garnet	None	Quartz	Talc	Topaz

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 Ce F Fe H Mg Mn O P Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe Mn O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Garnet None Quartz Talc Topaz

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Almandine ()*	Florencite-(Ce) ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scorodite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Talc ()*	Topaz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		2353
Florencite-(Ce) ()*	Alunite	CeAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	27950	73
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	27948	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	27948	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	27948,27949	14640
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	27948	61156
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	27948	1153
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1214
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	27948	3337
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	27950	1476

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060024	Topaz Mine, Antônio Pereira District, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil	https://rruff.info/R060024

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