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Locality Name:
Mario Pinto Pegmatite, Jenipapo District, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 699
Youngest recorded age at locality: 619

mindat Locality ID: 301986
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-301986.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mario Pinto Pegmatite, Jenipapo District, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 16°40'31"S
Longitude: 41°52'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -16.675277777778,-41.873611111111

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 Be Ca H K Mg Na O P Si Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Ca H K Mg Na O P Si Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ClayFeldsparMicaNoneQuartzRoscherite

5 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Kosnarite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Quartz  (*)Zanazziite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)69961908803
Kosnarite  (*)NoneKZr2(PO4)369961907
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2699619017380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2699619061156
Zanazziite  (*)RoscheriteCa2Be4Mg5(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O699619021



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Scott-MD35_638-0001mine


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
Scott-MD35_638-0001699619659 ± 40Rb-SrAge of metamorphismwhole rock  Yes  245471Murundu Mine, Jenipapo District, Itinga, Minas Gerais, BrazilMurundu MineMorteani et al. (2000)10.1007/s001260050268MD35_638 


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