Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Alto Dos Quintos Mine (Quintos Pegmatite; Quintos De Baixo), Parelhas, Borborema Mineral Province, Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 530
Youngest recorded age at locality: 6.16

mindat Locality ID: 30432
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30432.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alto Dos Quintos Mine (Quintos Pegmatite; Quintos De Baixo), Parelhas, Borborema Mineral Province, Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 6°52'30"S
Longitude: 36°43'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -6.875,-36.72

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.

Autunite	Beryl	Brannerite	Chlorite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Feldspar	Garnet	Kaolinite
Mica	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Autunite ()*	Beryl ()*	Brannerite ()*	Cookeite ()*
Dravite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Fersmite ()*	Fluor-elbaite ()*	Gahnite ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Ixiolite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Uranophane-β ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Schorl ()*	Spessartine ()*	Spodumene ()*	Uranophane-α ()*

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 B Be Ca Ce F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Si Ta Ti U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Si Ta Ti U Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Autunite Beryl Brannerite Chlorite Clay Columbite Corundum Feldspar Garnet Kaolinite
Mica None Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Spinel Tourmaline

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	530	6.16	8803
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	7.38	6.16	1272
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	530	6.16	4286
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	7.38	6.16	248
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	530	6.16	181
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	530	6.16	648
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	530	6.16	520
Fersmite ()*	Columbite	CaNb₂O₆	530	6.16	83
Fluor-elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Li_1.5Al_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	530	6.16	31
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	530	6.16	445
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	530	6.16	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	530	6.16	5433
Ixiolite ()*	Columbite	(Ta_2/3Mn²⁺_1/3)O₂	530	6.16	148
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	530	6.16	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	530	6.16	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	530	6.16	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	530	6.16	17380
Uranophane-β ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	7.38	6.16	144
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	530	6.16	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	530	6.16	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	530	6.16	2705
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	530	6.16	1214
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	530	6.16	688
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	530	6.16	890

2 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
	Alexandra-0370	7.38	6.16	6.77 ± 0.61	U-Pb	Age of mineral		uranophane-beta				Parauranophane	Autunite, Brannerite		30432	Alto Dos Quintos Mine (Quintos Pegmatite; Quintos De Baixo), Parelhas, Borborema Mineral Province, Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil	Quintos Pegmatite	Dill et al. (2013)	10.1016/j.jsames.2013.03.014	JSAES45_160
	Alexandra-0371	530	480	530-480		Age of pegmatite									30432	Alto Dos Quintos Mine (Quintos Pegmatite; Quintos De Baixo), Parelhas, Borborema Mineral Province, Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil	Quintos Pegmatite	Dill et al. (2013)	10.1016/j.jsames.2013.03.014	JSAES45_160

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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