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:
Cachoeira Do Campo District, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil

mindat Locality ID: 256470
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-256470.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cachoeira Do Campo District, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bocaina Dolomite Mine
Caieira Farm
Dom Bosco

Latitude: 20°22'38"S
Longitude: 43°36'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.377222222222,-43.606666666667

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Fluocerite	Kaolinite
Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz	Talc	Topaz

Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chloritoid ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluocerite-(Ce) ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Malachite ()*	Quartz ()*	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 C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H Hg Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Fluocerite Kaolinite
Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz Talc Topaz

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	27953	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	27953	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	27953	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	27954	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	27953	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1	27954	376
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2	27955,27956	2600
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	27954	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	27953	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	27954	8173
Fluocerite-(Ce) ()*	Fluocerite	CeF₃	1	27957	45
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	27954	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	27954,27957	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	27957	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	27954	1507
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	27953	12537
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	27957	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	27954	3337
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	3	27952,27954,27957	1476

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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