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:
Ouro Branco, Minas Gerais, Brazil

mindat Locality ID: 269463
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-269463.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ouro Branco, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Morro Do Bule Mine
Morro Do Gabriel

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.

Aragonite	Calcite	None	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite
Topaz

Aragonite ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Jamesonite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Topaz ()*	Tripuhyite ()*	Valentinite ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite None Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite
Topaz

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	27944	3250
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	1	27944	450
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	27944	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	27944	9895
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	27944	784
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	27944	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	27944,27945	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	27944	21482
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	1	27944	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	27944	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	27944	5317
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	27945	1476
Tripuhyite ()*	Rutile	Fe³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	1	27944	66
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	1	27944	369

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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