Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 585
Youngest recorded age at locality: 529

mindat Locality ID: 26581
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26581.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Freirinha Pegmatite
Golconda Pegmatite Field
Governador Valadares Meteorite
Ibituruna Peak
Ipê Mine
Jardim Do Trevo

Latitude: 18°47'32"S
Longitude: 42°2'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.792222222222,-42.036666666667

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.

Apatite	Arthurite	Autunite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum
Diaspore	Feldspar	Gadolinite	Gypsum	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite
Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Tapiolite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Augite ()*	Autunite ()*	Bermanite ()*
Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Cookeite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Fayalite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorcalciomicrolite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hydroxylherderite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pigeonite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Spinel ()*	Spodumene ()*	Tantalite-(Fe) ()*
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Todorokite ()*	Troilite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*
Zircon ()*

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 B Ba Be C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Si Sn Sr Ta Ti U Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H K Li Mg Mn O P Si Ta

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Arthurite Autunite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Columbite Corundum
Diaspore Feldspar Gadolinite Gypsum Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite
Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Spinel Tapiolite Tourmaline Zircon

41 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			4	27748,27750,27753,27759	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			1	27756	1588
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	27756	2060
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O			1	27754	1272
Bermanite ()*	Arthurite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·4H₂O	585	529	0		55
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂			4	27748,27750,27754,27759	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			5	27748,27750,27754,27759,27760	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			2	27748,27750	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	27756	27198
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	27756	203
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆			3	27748,27750,27759	518
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈			3	27748,27750,27754	181
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	585	529	0		9895
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			5	27748,27749,27750,27753,27754	520
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)			1	27756	371
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			3	27748,27750,27753	2740
Fluorcalciomicrolite ()*	Pyrochlore	(Ca,Na, )₂Ta₂O₆F			1	27759	13
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	27756	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	27756	6890
Hydroxylherderite ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe(PO₄)(OH)			2	27748,27753	119
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	27756	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	27756	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			4	27748,27750,27753,27759	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			5	27747,27748,27750,27753,27759	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	585	529	0		2273
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆			1	27756	303
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	27756	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	27756	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			5	27748,27749,27750,27753,27759	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	27750	1711
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			3	27748,27750,27753	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	585	529	2	27756,27757	6417
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	27756	1934
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	585	529	0		688
Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆			1	27748	99
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆			2	27748,27759	211
Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Tapiolite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	585	529	0		88
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O			1	27750	433
Troilite ()*	None	FeS			1	27756	1044
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	585	560	1	27758	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	27759	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Alexandra-0439	G2 supersuite

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Alexandra-0436	539	529	534±5	U–Pb			zircon				Zircon			122773	Ibituruna Peak, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Ibituruna	Pedrosa-Soares et al. (2011)	10.1144/SP350.3	GSSP350_25
	Alexandra-0439	585	560	585–560											5891	Atalaia Quarry, Ibituruna Peak, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Ataléia	Pedrosa-Soares et al. (2011)	10.1144/SP350.3	GSSP350_25

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
FKM-209	Faria Claim, Golconda Pegmatite Field, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-201-to-fkm-225/#FKM-209
R060800	Golconda III Mine, Golconda Pegmatite Field, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil	https://rruff.info/R060800
R080146	Ipê Mine, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil	https://rruff.info/R080146

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