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Locality Name:
Tapera, Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil

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

mindat Locality ID: 287904
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-287904.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tapera, Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mula Claim

Latitude: 12°48'28"S
Longitude: 42°10'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -12.807777777778,-42.1675

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: C Ca Ce F Fe H La Mn O P Pb Th Ti Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BastnäsiteCorundumCrichtoniteFluoceriteMonaziteNoneParisiteRhabdophaneRutile

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Almeidaite  (*)Bastnäsite-(La)  (*)Brockite  (*)Fluocerite-(Ce)  (*)Hematite  (*)
Monazite-(La)  (*)Parisite-(La)  (*)Rhabdophane-(La)  (*)Rutile  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almeidaite  (*)CrichtonitePbZn2(Mn,Y)(Ti,Fe3+)18O36(OH,O)26304901270877
Bastnäsite-(La)  (*)BastnäsiteLa(CO3)F63049012708730
Brockite  (*)Rhabdophane(Ca,Th,Ce)(PO4)·H2O63049012708748
Fluocerite-(Ce)  (*)FluoceriteCeF363049012708745
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O363049012708714640
Monazite-(La)  (*)MonaziteLa(PO4)63049012708738
Parisite-(La)  (*)ParisiteCaLa2(CO3)3F26304901270871
Rhabdophane-(La)  (*)RhabdophaneLa(PO4)·H2O63049012708713
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO26304901270875614



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_505Hydrothermal vein crosscutting metarhyolite in the Mula Claim of the Rio dos Remédios Group. Parisite-La occurs in a late stage hydrothermal vein. Veins are partially kaolinized and show a stockwork pattern.


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
Michelle_505630490Brasiliano Cycle Age of hydrothermal veinsmuscovite   Muscovite  272273Mula Claim, Tapera, Novo Horizonte, Bahia, BrazilMula ClaimMenezes et al. (2017)10.1180/minmag.2017.081.028MMPP_10.1180minmag.2017.081.028Age of the swarms of hydrothermal quartz veins generated from metamorphism, folding and fracturing.


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