Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Alemão Cu Deposit, Parauapebas, Carajás Mineral Province, Pará, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2628
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2600

mindat Locality ID: 296816
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-296816.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alemão Cu Deposit, Parauapebas, Carajás Mineral Province, Pará, Brazil": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Alemão Cu Mine
Igarapé Bahia Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Amphibole	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite
Columbite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrosmalite	Quartz
Ramsdellite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilpnomelane	Talc	Titanite	Zircon

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 As Au Ba C Ca Ce Co Cu F Fe H K La Li Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sn Te Th Ti U W Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amphibole Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite
Columbite Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrosmalite Quartz
Ramsdellite Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stilpnomelane Talc Titanite Zircon

63 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Cummingtonite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferberite ()*
Ferro-actinolite ()*	Florencite-(La) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Grunerite ()*	Hastingsite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hessite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lithiophorite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Minnesotaite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Muthmannite ()*	Nsutite ()*
Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrosmalite-(Fe) ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stilpnomelane ()*	Talc ()*	Thorianite ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2628	2600	1	28182	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2628	2600	1	28182	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2628	2600	1	28182	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	2628	2600	1	28182	489
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2628	2600	1	28182	3092
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2628	2600	1	28182	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2628	2600	1	28182	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2628	2600	1	28182	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2628	2600	1	28182	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2628	2600	1	28182	5171
Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite	CeO₂	2628	2600	1	28182	94
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2628	2600	1	28182	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2628	2600	1	28182	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	2628	2600	1	28182	577
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	2628	2600	1	28182	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2628	2600	1	28182	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2628	2600	1	28182	4165
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	2628	2600	1	28182	310
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	2628	2600	1	28182	599
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2628	2600	1	28182	327
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2628	2600	1	28182	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	2628	2600	1	28182	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2628	2600	1	28182	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2628	2600	1	28182	8173
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	2628	2600	1	28182	551
Ferro-actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_2.5-0.0Fe²⁺_2.5-5.0)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2628	2600	1	28182	129
Florencite-(La) ()*	Alunite	LaAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆	2628	2600	1	28182	12
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2628	2600	1	28182	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2628	2600	1	28182	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	2628	2600	1	28182	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2628	2600	1	28182	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2628	2600	1	28182	30554
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2628	2600	1	28182	223
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	2628	2600	1	28182	209
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2628	2600	1	28182	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	2628	2600	1	28182	804
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2628	2600	1	28182	5591
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	2628	2600	1	28182	210
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2628	2600	1	28182	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2628	2600	1	28182	12537
Minnesotaite ()*	Clay Talc	Fe²⁺₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2628	2600	1	28182	61
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2628	2600	1	28182	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2628	2600	1	28182	17380
Muthmannite ()*	None	AuAgTe₂	2628	2600	1	28182	7
Nsutite ()*	Ramsdellite	Mn²⁺_xMn⁴⁺_1-xO_2-2x(OH)_2x	2628	2600	1	28182	121
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	2628	2600	1	28182	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2628	2600	1	28182	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	2628	2600	1	28182	3106
Pyrosmalite-(Fe) ()*	Pyrosmalite Clay	Fe²⁺₈Si₆O₁₅(OH)₁₀	2628	2600	1	28182	38
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2628	2600	1	28182	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2628	2600	1	28182	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2628	2600	1	28182	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2628	2600	1	28182	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2628	2600	1	28182	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2628	2600	1	28182	21482
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	2628	2600	1	28182	456
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2628	2600	1	28182	3337
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	2628	2600	1	28182	236
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	2628	2600	1	28182	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2628	2600	1	28182	4899
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2628	2600	1	28182	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	2628	2600	1	28182	890
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	2628	2600	1	28182	939

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Mo-00395	2628	2600	2614±14	Re-Os			molybdenite	XB 2K001		Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	190645	Gameleira Cu-Au Deposit (Pojuca), Parauapebas, Carajás Mineral Province, Pará, Brazil	Gameleira	Marschik et al. (2005)	10.1007/s00126-004-0450-z	MD39_983

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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