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Locality Name:
Santa Bárbara, Minas Gerais, Brazil


mindat Locality ID: 29004
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29004.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Santa Bárbara, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Brumal Mine
Córrego Do Sitio Au Deposit
Santa Quitéria Mine
São Bento Mine

Latitude: 19°59'42"S
Longitude: 43°28'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.995,-43.480277777778
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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteBerthieriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteFeldspar
MicaNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinel
StibniteStilpnomelaneTetrahedriteTitaniteUllmannite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Antimony  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Berthierite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Ullmannite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1280538803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21280533092
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb128049363
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS228049,280539052
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S4128049343
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41280535516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2228049,2805327198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1280534165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12805324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu428048,28049,28052,2805330554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31280535433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O412805314899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212805317380
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS128049767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2228049,2805339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8228049,280539056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2228049,2805361156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21280535614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1280534894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1280536417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS228049,2805321482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31280493418
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O128053456
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131280495317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1280534899
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS128049293


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