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Locality Name:
Santa Rita Durão District, Mariana (Marianna De Itacolumy), Minas Gerais, Brazil


mindat Locality ID: 240533
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240533.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Santa Rita Durão District, Mariana (Marianna De Itacolumy), Minas Gerais, Brazil": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bento Rodrigues
Cata Preta Mine
Germano Mine

Latitude: 20°11'24"S
Longitude: 43°25'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.19,-43.429166666667

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 B Cu Fe H Mg Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteNonePyriteQuartzSpinelTalc
Tourmaline

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1278729052
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1278714165
Gold  (*)CopperAu227871,2787230554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3227871,2787214640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4227871,2787214899
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212787139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2227871,2787261156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1278722705
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2227871,278723337



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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