Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Catas Altas, Minas Gerais, Brazil

mindat Locality ID: 240529
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240529.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Água Quente Mine (Bananal Mine)
Fazendão Mine
Morro Das Almas Mine
Pitangui Mine

Latitude: 20°6'44"S
Longitude: 43°24'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.112222222222,-43.416388888889

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.

Auricupride	Clay	Copper	Corundum	None	Perovskite	Quartz	Spinel	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 Au Cu F Fe H Mg O Pt Si Ti

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Auricupride Clay Copper Corundum None Perovskite Quartz Spinel Talc Topaz

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Auricupride ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hongshiite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Quartz ()*	Talc ()*	Tetra-auricupride ()*	Topaz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Auricupride ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Cu₃Au	1	27561	24
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	27560,27561,27562,27563	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	27560,27561,27562,27563	14640
Hongshiite ()*	None	PtCu	1	27561	27
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	27560	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	27560,27563	14899
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	27560,27562,27563	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	27560,27563	3337
Tetra-auricupride ()*	None	CuAu	1	27561	30
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	0		1476

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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