Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Raposos, Minas Gerais, Brazil

mindat Locality ID: 285415
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-285415.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Raposos, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Raposos Mine

Latitude: 19°58'9"S
Longitude: 43°49'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.969166666667,-43.821666666667

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel
Talc

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 Au C Ca Fe H K Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Clay Copper Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Spinel
Talc

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Gold ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Talc ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	28020	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	28020	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	28020	9895
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	28020	30554
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	28020	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	28020	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	28020	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	28020	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	28020	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	28020	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	28020	6417
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	28020	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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