Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Gongo Soco Mine, Barão De Cocais, Minas Gerais, Brazil

mindat Locality ID: 25961
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25961.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gongo Soco Mine, Barão De Cocais, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 19°58'"S
Longitude: 43°36'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.966666666667,-43.6

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	Chrisstanleyite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Gypsum	Isomertieite	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Stillwaterite	Talc

Calcite ()*	Chrisstanleyite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Isomertieite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mertieite-II ()*	Palladium ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Talc ()*

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chrisstanleyite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Gypsum Isomertieite None Pyrite
Quartz Rutile Spinel Stillwaterite Talc

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chrisstanleyite ()*	Chrisstanleyite	Ag₂Pd₃Se₄	6
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Isomertieite ()*	Isomertieite	Pd₁₁Sb₂As₂	48
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Mertieite-II ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈Sb_2.5As_0.5	44
Palladium ()*	Copper	Pd	59
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070339	Gongo Soco Mine, Barão De Cocais, Minas Gerais, Brazil	https://rruff.info/R070339

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