Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Aldeia, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 630
Youngest recorded age at locality: 490

mindat Locality ID: 277611
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277611.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aldeia, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Zé Pinto Prospect (Aldeia Do Eme Mine)

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.

Apatite	Beryl	Clay	Feldspar	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Tourmaline
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 Be Ca F Fe H K Na O P S Si Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Beryl Clay Feldspar Mica None Pyrite Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Tourmaline
Zircon

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nontronite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Zircon ()*

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)	630	490	1	27580	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	630	490	1	27580	4286
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	630	490	1	27580	2740
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	630	490	1	27580	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	630	490	1	27580	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	630	490	1	27580	471
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	630	490	1	27580	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	630	490	1	27580	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	630	490	1	27580	2705
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	630	490	1	27580	5251

1 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-0368	630	490	630–490		Age of pegmatite					Yes				280018	Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Conselheiro Pena	Scholz et al. (2014)	10.2138/am.2014.4695	AM99_607	formed during the Brasiliano orogeny

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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