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Locality Name:
Barão De Cocais, Minas Gerais, Brazil


mindat Locality ID: 240536
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240536.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Barão De Cocais, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cocais Mine
Gongo Soco Mine

Latitude: 19°57'59"S
Longitude: 43°36'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.966388888889,-43.6

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: Ag As Au C Ca Fe H Mg Mn O Pd S Sb Se Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChrisstanleyiteClayCopperCorundumDiasporeGypsumIsomertieiteNonePyrite
QuartzRutileSpinelStillwateriteTalc

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chrisstanleyite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Isomertieite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Mertieite-II  (*)Palladium  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)227520,2752127770
Chrisstanleyite  (*)ChrisstanleyiteAg2Pd3Se41275216
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1275217437
Gold  (*)CopperAu227520,2752130554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1275216890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3227520,2752114640
Isomertieite  (*)IsomertieitePd11Sb2As212752148
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O412752114899
Mertieite-II  (*)StillwateritePd8Sb2.5As0.512752144
Palladium  (*)CopperPd12752159
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212752139462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21275213106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2227520,2752161156
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2227520,275213337



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070339Gongo Soco Mine, Barão De Cocais, Minas Gerais, Brazilhttps://rruff.info/R070339


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