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Locality Name:
Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 630
Youngest recorded age at locality: 480

mindat Locality ID: 280018
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-280018.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Aldeia
Barra Do Cuité
Boa Vista Pegmatite
Bode Claim
Conselheiro Pena Pegmatite District
Eduardo Claim
Escondido Pegmatite
Ferruginha
Itatiaia Mine
Jocão Pegmatite (Gypsy Mine; Cigana Claim)
Jonas Mine (João Pinto Mine)
Macaco Mine
Penha Do Norte

Latitude: 19°6'18"S
Longitude: 41°27'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.105,-41.46

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 B Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sn Ta Th Ti U W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlluauditeAluniteAndalusiteApatiteArrojaditeArsenicArseniosideriteArsenopyriteArthuriteAutunite
BerauniteBerylBerylloniteCalcioferriteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteChildreniteChloriteClay
ColumbiteCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDiasporeDufréniteFairfielditeFeldsparFluorite
GadoliniteGarnetGraftoniteHureauliteJahnsiteKaoliniteKieseriteLöllingiteLaueiteLazulite
LeucophosphiteLipscombiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePharmacosideritePhosphofibritePhosphosiderite
PhosphuranylitePyritePyroxeneQuartzReddingiteRockbridgeiteRocksaltRoscheriteRutileSchoepite
Smectite-vermiculiteSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelStauroliteStewartiteStrunziteSulphurSymplesiteTalc
TetrahedriteTourmalineVivianiteWagneriteWarditeWurtziteZircon

135 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Alluaudite  (*)Almandine  (*)Arrojadite-(KFe)  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Autunite  (*)Barbosalite  (*)Beraunite  (*)Bermanite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)
Beryl  (*)Beryllonite  (*)Beusite  (*)Birnessite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bornite  (*)Brazilianite  (*)Bütschliite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Césarferreiraite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Childrenite  (*)Claudetite  (*)
Cookeite  (*)Correianevesite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Cyrilovite  (*)Dufrénite  (*)Elbaite  (*)Eosphorite  (*)Euclase  (*)
Fairfieldite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Ferrisicklerite  (*)Ferristrunzite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Foitite  (*)Fourmarierite  (*)Frondelite  (*)Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gordonite  (*)Graftonite  (*)Greifensteinite  (*)Harrisonite  (*)
Helvine  (*)Hematite  (*)Heterosite  (*)Hureaulite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)
Hydroxylherderite  (*)Jahnsite-(CaMnMg)  (*)Jahnsite-(CaMnMn)  (*)Jahnsite-(MnMnFe)  (*)Jahnsite-(MnMnMn)  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kidwellite  (*)Laueite  (*)Legrandite  (*)
Leucophosphite  (*)Libethenite  (*)Lipscombite  (*)Lithiophilite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Ludlamite  (*)Luinaite-(OH)  (*)Messelite  (*)Metaswitzerite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)
Metavariscite  (*)Meurigite-K  (*)Microcline  (*)Mitridatite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Natrodufrénite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Nontronite  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Paravauxite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Phosphoferrite  (*)
Phosphosiderite  (*)Phosphuranylite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Robertsite  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Roscherite  (*)Rossmanite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Saléeite  (*)Sarcopside  (*)Schoonerite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Serrabrancaite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spodumene  (*)Staněkite  (*)Staurolite  (*)Stewartite  (*)Strengite  (*)
Strunzite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Switzerite  (*)Symplesite  (*)Talc  (*)
Tavorite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Thorite  (*)Trilithionite  (*)Triphylite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Ushkovite  (*)Variscite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Whiteite-(CaFeMg)  (*)
Whiteite-(MnFeMg)  (*)Whiteite-(MnMnMg)  (*)Wodginite  (*)Wolfeite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)6304801227580,27581,27582,27584,27585,27586,27588,27589,27590,27591,27592,275958803
Alluaudite  (*)Alluaudite   NaMnFe3+2(PO4)363049012758294
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)36304901275852353
Arrojadite-(KFe)  (*)Arrojadite(KNa)Fe2+(CaNa2)Fe2+13Al(PO4)11(PO3OH)(OH)263049012758250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS630490327582,27585,275899052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O6304901275851272
Barbosalite  (*)LazuliteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2630480427583,27585,27589,2759143
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O630490127584136
Bermanite  (*)ArthuriteMn2+Mn3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O630480427582,27584,27585,2759155
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2630490127592606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18630480827580,27582,27585,27589,27590,27591,27593,275954286
Beryllonite  (*)BerylloniteNaBe(PO4)63049012758247
Beusite  (*)GraftoniteMn2+Mn2+2(PO4)252048012759139
Birnessite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O630490127595178
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi630490227582,275851966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS46304901275825516
Brazilianite  (*)Not in a structural groupNaAl3(PO4)2(OH)463049012758459
Bütschliite  (*)NoneK2Ca(CO3)2630490227582,2758511
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O630490127582280
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO26304901275925171
Césarferreiraite  (*)LaueiteFe2+Fe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2·8H2O630490227582,275852
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS263049012758227198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8520480127591577
Childrenite  (*)ChildreniteFe2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O63049012758293
Claudetite  (*)NoneAs2O363049012758235
Cookeite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Al,Li)3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)8630490127584181
Correianevesite  (*)ReddingiteFe2+Mn2+2(PO4)2·3H2O5204801275912
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS6304901275824165
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16630490227582,27585599
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3630490127582802
Cyrilovite  (*)WarditeNaFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O630480427582,27583,27585,2759160
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O630490127589139
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)630490527585,27586,27588,27589,27592520
Eosphorite  (*)ChildreniteMn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O520480127591128
Euclase  (*)NoneBeAlSiO4(OH)630490127584120
Fairfieldite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mn2+(PO4)2·2H2O630480227589,2759172
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)630490127582551
Ferrisicklerite  (*)OlivineLi1-x(Fe3+,Mn2+)(PO4)520480127591108
Ferristrunzite  (*)StrunziteFe3+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O52048012759114
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F630480627580,27582,27589,27591,27592,275952740
Foitite  (*)Tourmaline   (Fe2+2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)63049012759575
Fourmarierite  (*)SchoepitePb1-xO3-2x(UO2)4(OH)4+2x·4H2O630490227582,2758561
Frondelite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Mn2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5630480327582,27585,2759152
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O4520480127591445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS63049012758224243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)630490227582,275857437
Gordonite  (*)LaueiteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O63049012758518
Graftonite  (*)GraftoniteFe2+Fe2+2(PO4)2630490127582107
Greifensteinite  (*)RoscheriteCa2Be4Fe2+5(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O52048012759127
Harrisonite  (*)NoneCaFe2+6(SiO4)2(PO4)25204801275913
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S630490127595237
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O363049012758614640
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)630480327582,27585,27591204
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O630480627582,27583,27584,27585,27589,27591125
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH630480227589,27591367
Hydroxylherderite  (*)GadoliniteCaBe(PO4)(OH)630490227582,27589119
Jahnsite-(CaMnMg)  (*)JahnsiteCaMn2+Mg2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O63049012758514
Jahnsite-(CaMnMn)  (*)JahnsiteCaMn2+Mn2+2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O52048012759118
Jahnsite-(MnMnFe)  (*)JahnsiteMn2+Mn2+Fe2+2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O5204801275912
Jahnsite-(MnMnMn)  (*)JahnsiteMn2+Mn2+Mn2+2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O5204801275916
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6630490227585,275952228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4630490227582,275855591
Kidwellite  (*)NoneNaFe3+9+x(PO4)6(OH)11·3H2O (x ≈ 0.33)63049012758353
Laueite  (*)LaueiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O630480527582,27583,27584,27585,2759170
Legrandite  (*)NoneZn2(AsO4)(OH)·H2O63049012758220
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O630480527582,27583,27585,27589,27591110
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)630490127583234
Lipscombite  (*)LipscombiteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2630480227585,2759147
Lithiophilite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)520480127591155
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2630480327582,27585,27591762
Ludlamite  (*)NoneFe2+3(PO4)2·4H2O630480227582,2759166
Luinaite-(OH)  (*)Tourmaline(Na,   )(Fe2+,Mg)3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)46304901275909
Messelite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Fe2+(PO4)2·2H2O63049012758243
Metaswitzerite  (*)NoneMn2+3(PO4)2·4H2O630480227583,2759122
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O630490227582,27585443
Metavariscite  (*)PhosphosideriteAl(PO4)·2H2O63049012758527
Meurigite-K  (*)PhosphofibriteKFe3+8(PO4)6(OH)7·6.5H2O63049012758521
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)6304801027580,27581,27582,27585,27586,27588,27589,27590,27591,275924924
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O630480427583,27585,27589,27591129
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O6304901275821508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)26304801227580,27581,27582,27584,27585,27586,27588,27589,27590,27591,27592,2759517380
Natrodufrénite  (*)DufréniteNaFe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O63049012758546
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6630490227582,27583254
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs630490127590633
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O630490127580471
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS630490127590767
Paravauxite  (*)LaueiteFe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O52048012759119
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O630490127585428
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)26304901275902273
Phosphoferrite  (*)ReddingiteFe2+3(PO4)2·3H2O63049012758231
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O630480527582,27583,27584,27585,27591182
Phosphuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O630490127582182
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2630480727580,27582,27583,27589,27590,27591,2759539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S86304901275829056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO26304801227580,27581,27582,27585,27586,27588,27589,27590,27591,27592,27593,2759561156
Robertsite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Mn3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O630480327582,27585,2759136
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5630480527582,27583,27584,27585,27591206
Roscherite  (*)RoscheriteCa2Mn2+5Be4(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O63049012758222
Rossmanite  (*)Tourmaline   (Al2Li)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)63049012759237
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO26304901275815614
Saléeite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)10630480327582,27585,2759195
Sarcopside  (*)NoneFe2+3(PO4)263049012758258
Schoonerite  (*)CalcioferriteZnMn2+Fe2+2Fe3+(PO4)3(OH)2(H2O)7·2H2O63049012758513
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)630480727580,27582,27585,27586,27590,27591,275952705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O630490227582,275851153
Serrabrancaite  (*)KieseriteMn(PO4)·H2O630490227583,275858
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)630490227582,275846417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO56304901275851516
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3630480627581,27585,27586,27591,27592,275951214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS630480227582,2759121482
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O6630480527581,27582,27585,27586,27591688
Staněkite  (*)WagneriteFe3+Mn2+O(PO4)52048012759113
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)630490127585978
Stewartite  (*)StewartiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O630480227584,2759148
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O630480527582,27583,27584,27585,27591263
Strunzite  (*)StrunziteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O630480327583,27584,2759198
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS630490327582,27583,275852045
Switzerite  (*)NoneMn2+3(PO4)2·7H2O52048012759121
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O63049012758592
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)26304901275903337
Tavorite  (*)NoneLiFe3+(PO4)(OH)630480427582,27583,27585,2759135
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S136304901275821803
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)6304901275901006
Trilithionite  (*)MicaKLi1.5Al1.5(Si3Al)O10F263049012759228
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)630480327582,27585,27591313
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2630490227582,275902718
Ushkovite  (*)LaueiteMgFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O630490227582,2758518
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O630490227582,27585301
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O630480427582,27585,27589,27591636
Whiteite-(CaFeMg)  (*)JahnsiteCaFe2+Mg2Al2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O6304901275857
Whiteite-(MnFeMg)  (*)JahnsiteMn2+Fe2+Mg2Al2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O6304901275856
Whiteite-(MnMnMg)  (*)JahnsiteMn2+Mn2+Mg2Al2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O5204801275913
Wodginite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Sn4+Ta2O863049012759078
Wolfeite  (*)WagneriteFe2+2(PO4)(OH)63049012758243
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)630480327580,27590,275915251



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Alexandra-0434G5 supersuite


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Alexandra-0368630490630–490 Age of pegmatite      280018Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, BrazilConselheiro PenaScholz et al. (2014)10.2138/am.2014.4695AM99_607formed during the Brasiliano orogeny
Alexandra-0434520480520-480U-Pb, Pb-PbAge of pegmatitezircon, monazite     69153Jocão Pegmatite (Gypsy Mine; Cigana Claim), Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil Pedrosa-Soares et al. (2011)10.1144/SP350.3GSSP350_25 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050305Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazilhttps://rruff.info/R050305
R100156Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazilhttps://rruff.info/R100156
R110139Boa Vista Pegmatite, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazilhttps://rruff.info/R110139
R100225Sapo Mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazilhttps://rruff.info/R100225
R090069Jocão Pegmatite (Gypsy Mine; Cigana Claim), Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazilhttps://rruff.info/R090069
R090070Jocão Pegmatite (Gypsy Mine; Cigana Claim), Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazilhttps://rruff.info/R090070
R090071Jocão Pegmatite (Gypsy Mine; Cigana Claim), Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazilhttps://rruff.info/R090071


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