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Locality Name:
Serra Do Navio, Amapá, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2100
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1900

mindat Locality ID: 261147
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-261147.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Serra Do Navio, Amapá, Brazil": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Serra Do Navio Mine

Latitude: 0°53'57"N
Longitude: 51°59'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0.89916666666667,-51.994444444444
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: Al As C Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayCobaltiteCorundumGarnetMicaNickelineNoneOlivine
PyriteRhodoniteRocksaltRutileSphalerite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Alabandite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Graphite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrophanite  (*)Pyroxmangite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tephroite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS21001900126925312
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22100190012692527198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS21001900126925966
Graphite  (*)NoneC210019001269252812
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2210019001269252273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22100190012692539462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2210019001269253106
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO321001900126925244
Pyroxmangite  (*)NoneMn2+SiO321001900126925147
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8210019001269259056
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)210019001269251711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)21001900126925969
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3210019001269251214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2100190012692521482
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)21001900126925240


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
DeepDive-Co-0040210019002100-1900 Trans-Amazonian Orogeny      106461Serra Do Navio Mine, Serra Do Navio, Amapá, Brazil Chisonga et al. (2012)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.06.006OGR47_59Trans-Amazonian Orogeny

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050361Serra Do Navio, Amapá, Brazilhttps://rruff.info/R050361

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