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Locality Name:
São Gabriel Da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 283212
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-283212.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "São Gabriel Da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cabeça Do Cachorro Claim
Morro Dos Seis Lagos

Latitude: 0°26'39"N
Longitude: 66°22'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0.44416666666667,-66.38

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 Ba C Ca Fe H Mg O P S Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteBaryteBrookiteCalciteCorundumDiasporeNonePyriteRutileVivianite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Baryte  (*)Brookite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ludlamite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Siderite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2145661269503092
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1456612695011547
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO214566126950700
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)614566126950310
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2145661269509895
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)145661269507437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O31456612695014640
Ludlamite  (*)NoneFe2+3(PO4)2·4H2O12694966
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21456612695039462
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2145661269505614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)14566226949,269506417
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O126949636



1 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
ree-0015114566Cretaceous        145876Morro Dos Seis Lagos, São Gabriel Da Cachoeira, Amazonas, BrazilMorro Dos Seis Lagos (Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira)Orris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 


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