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Locality Name:
Vazante, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1350
Youngest recorded age at locality: 550

mindat Locality ID: 286339
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-286339.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vazante, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Areiense Mine
Extremo Norte Mine
Vazante Mine

Latitude: 17°56'6"S
Longitude: 46°49'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.935,-46.826944444444

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	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Wurtzite

Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Franklinite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*
Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Phosphohedyphane ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stromeyerite ()*	Talc ()*	Willemite ()*	Zincite ()*

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: Ag Al Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Baryte Calcite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite None Not in a structural group Phenakite
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Talc Wurtzite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	28123	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1350	550	2	28123,28124	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1350	550	2	28123,28124	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	28123	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	28123	5707
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	28123	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1350	550	2	28123,28124	9895
Franklinite ()*	Spinel	ZnFe³⁺₂O₄	1350	550	2	28123,28124	52
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1350	550	1	28124	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	930	600	2	28123,28124	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1350	550	2	28123,28124	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1350	550	2	28123,28124	1689
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1350	550	1	28124	14899
Phosphohedyphane ()*	Apatite	Ca₂Pb₃(PO₄)₃Cl			1	28123	71
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	28123	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1350	550	2	28123,28124	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1350	550	1	28124	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	28123	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1350	550	2	28123,28124	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1350	550	2	28123,28124	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS			1	28123	332
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1350	550	1	28124	3337
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	1350	550	2	28123,28124	303
Zincite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnO	1350	550	2	28123,28124	98

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
JSAES18_293_0001	650	550	600 ± 50	Rb-Sr	host rocks	whole rock		106407	Vazante Mine, Vazante, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Vazante Mine	Babinksi (2005)	JSAES18_293
JSAES18_293_0002	930	600	930-600	Pb-Pb	mineralization	galena	Galena	106407	Vazante Mine, Vazante, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Vazante Mine	Babinksi (2005)	JSAES18_293
JSAES18_293_0003	870	780	870-780	Pb-Pb	mineralization	galena	Galena	106407	Vazante Mine, Vazante, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Vazante Mine	Babinksi (2005)	JSAES18_293
sedznpb-00065	1350	950	Neoproterozoic, 1350–950 Ma					106407	Vazante Mine, Vazante, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Vazante	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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