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:
Sucuri Massif, Vaca Velha, Cavalcante, Goiás, Brazil

mindat Locality ID: 265747
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-265747.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sucuri Massif, Vaca Velha, Cavalcante, Goiás, Brazil": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cachorro Claim
Tratex Quarry

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.

Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cubanite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	Monazite	Nickeline	None
Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Wurtzite

Albite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Danalite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Genthelvite ()*	Monazite-(La) ()*	Muscovite ()*
Phenakite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Be Ca Cu F Fe H K La Na O P Pb S Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Cu Fe H K La O P S Si Sn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay Cubanite Feldspar Fluorite Mica Monazite Nickeline None
Phenakite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sodalite Sphalerite Wurtzite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	27251	8803
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	0		5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	27251	27198
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	0		802
Danalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Be₃Fe²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	1	27251	58
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	27251	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	27251	24243
Genthelvite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Be₃Zn₄(SiO₄)₃S	1	27251	60
Monazite-(La) ()*	Monazite	La(PO₄)	0		38
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	0		326
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	27251	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	27251	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	27251	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	27251	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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