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Locality Name:
Nova Santa Helena, Vila Guarita District, Juruena-Teles Pires Mineral Province, Mato Grosso, Brazil


mindat Locality ID: 269402
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-269402.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nova Santa Helena, Vila Guarita District, Juruena-Teles Pires Mineral Province, Mato Grosso, Brazil": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Edu Claim
Paulinho Claim
Santa Helena Gold Deposit

Latitude: 10°49'22"S
Longitude: 55°11'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -10.822777777778,-55.197222222222
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: Ag Al Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Te Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenicCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteFeldspar
MicaNonePavonitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStibnite
TitaniteZircon

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cupropavonite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hessite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Matildite  (*)Microcline  (*)Mummeite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21274443419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1274448803
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1274441966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31274441935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41274425516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12744427770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212744427198
Cupropavonite  (*)PavoniteCu0.9Ag0.5Pb0.6Bi2.5S512744418
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21274449895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1274448173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12744424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu327442,27443,2744430554
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te127444804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31274445433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O412744414899
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS2127444252
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1274444924
Mummeite  (*)PavoniteCu0.58Ag3.11Pb1.10Bi6.65S131274449
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212744417380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2227442,2744439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2327442,27443,2744461156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21274445614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS227442,2744421482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1274444899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1274445251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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