Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Perau Mine, Adrianópolis, Paraná, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1600
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1000

mindat Locality ID: 251683
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-251683.html

Tectonic Settings: Passive Margin

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Perau Mine, Adrianópolis, Paraná, 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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Covellite	Diaspore
Malachite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tremolite ()*

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 Al Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Covellite Diaspore
Malachite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1000	1000	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1600	1000	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1000	1000	5516
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1600	1000	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1000	1000	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1000	1000	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1000	1000	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1000	1000	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1000	1000	2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1600	1000	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1600	1000	7437
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1600	1000	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1000	1000	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1600	1000	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1600	1000	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1600	1000	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1600	1000	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1600	1000	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1600	1000	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1600	1000	21482
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1600	1000	2562

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age Interpret	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
sedcu-00073	1000	1000	U. Proterozoic		Cu	251683	Perau Mine, Adrianópolis, Paraná, Brazil	Perau	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107
sedexmvt-00042	1600	1000	Mesoproterozoic	host rock age		251683	Perau Mine, Adrianópolis, Paraná, Brazil	Perau	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedznpb-00063	1600	1600	1600			251683	Perau Mine, Adrianópolis, Paraná, Brazil	Perau	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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