Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Águas Claras Mine, Parauapebas, Carajás Mineral Province, Pará, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2628
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2600

mindat Locality ID: 24994
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24994.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Águas Claras Mine, Parauapebas, Carajás Mineral Province, Pará, Brazil": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferberite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stannite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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 Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Na O Pb S Si Sn W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Na O Pb S Si Sn W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Columbite Copper Corundum Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2628	2600	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2628	2600	9052
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	2628	2600	1935
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2628	2600	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2628	2600	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	2628	2600	966
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2628	2600	8173
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	2628	2600	551
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2628	2600	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2628	2600	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2628	2600	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2628	2600	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2628	2600	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2628	2600	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2628	2600	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2628	2600	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2628	2600	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2628	2600	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2628	2600	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2628	2600	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	2628	2600	668
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	2628	2600	1803

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Mo-00395	2628	2600	2614±14	Re-Os			molybdenite	XB 2K001		Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	190645	Gameleira Cu-Au Deposit (Pojuca), Parauapebas, Carajás Mineral Province, Pará, Brazil	Gameleira	Marschik et al. (2005)	10.1007/s00126-004-0450-z	MD39_983

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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