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Locality Name:
Curaçá River Valley, Bahia, Brazil


mindat Locality ID: 265836
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-265836.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Curaçá River Valley, Bahia, Brazil": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Curaçá
Jaguarari

Latitude: 9°50'"S
Longitude: 39°52'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -9.8333333333333,-39.866666666667
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 Bi C Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneArsenopyriteBrochantiteChalcopyriteClayCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDigeniteMalachite
MeloniteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePyriteRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel
StanniteStibniteTetrahedriteWurtzite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Altaite  (*)Anilite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)Djurleite  (*)
Graphite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Idaite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Melonite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe127023489
Anilite  (*)DigeniteCu7S412702388
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1270239052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21270255509
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31270251935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4227023,270255516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61270251633
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S227023,270255707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2227023,2702527198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1270253531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS227023,270254165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3127023802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1270252970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1270231027
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16127023300
Graphite  (*)NoneC1270232812
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O4127025407
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS4127023142
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3227023,270255433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4227023,2702514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2227023,2702512537
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe2127023207
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81270231512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21270252273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212702339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8227023,270259056
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12702521482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1270251101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131270255317


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