Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Dois Córregos Mine, Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 800
Youngest recorded age at locality: 463

mindat Locality ID: 29962
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29962.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dois Córregos Mine, Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Corundum	None

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: Fe O

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Corundum None

1 IMA Minerals at location:

Hematite ()*

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
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	800	463	0		14640

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	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
Hg-00005	800	600		Structure			Yes		Atheneite	Hg	403	Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brazil		Cabral et al. (2002)	10.1180/0026461026620033	MM66_327
JSAES14_867_0001	491	463	477 ± 14	Rb-Sr	host rock	biotite	Yes				42760	Piteiras Mine, Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Itabira, Iron Quadrangle	Preinfalk (2002)		JSAES14_867
JSAES16_493_0001	502	494	498 ± 4	K-Ar	host rock	muscovite	Yes	Muscovite			191896	Rocha Mineração Mine, Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Itabira, Iron Quadrangle	Viana (2003)		JSAES16_493

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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