Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Amazonas, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1889
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 30481
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30481.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Amazonas, Brazil": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Apuí
Itacoatiara
Maués
Nova Olinda Do Norte
Presidente Figueiredo
São Gabriel Da Cachoeira

Latitude: 3°38'3"S
Longitude: 60°32'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -3.6341666666667,-60.545833333333

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Baryte	Brookite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Diaspore	Eudialyte	Feldspar	Fluocerite	Fluorite	Gagarinite	Kaolinite	Mica	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sepiolite	Sodalite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Topaz	Vivianite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Ankerite ()*	Annite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Brookite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Cryolite ()*	Dickite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Eudialyte ()*	Fluocerite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gagarinite-(Y) ()*	Galena ()*
Genthelvite ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hastingsite ()*
Helvine ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydrokenoralstonite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lead ()*
Ludlamite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Polylithionite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Rutile ()*
Sepiolite ()*	Siderite ()*	Siderophyllite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Thorite ()*
Topaz ()*	Vivianite ()*	Waimirite-(Y) ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	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: Al Au Ba Be C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Sn Th Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Baryte Brookite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum
Diaspore Eudialyte Feldspar Fluocerite Fluorite Gagarinite Kaolinite Mica Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sepiolite Sodalite Sphalerite
Spinel Topaz Vivianite Zircon

50 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1853	1775	2	26945,26947	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1825	1777.8	1	26946	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	145	66	1	26950	3092
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1853	1775	1	26945	356
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1853	1775	1	26945	295
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	145	66	1	26950	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	26940	5516
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	145	66	1	26950	700
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1853	1775	3	26945,26946,26947	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	26940	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1825	1777.8	1	26946	27198
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	145	66	1	26950	310
Cryolite ()*	Perovskite	Na₂NaAlF₆	1853	1775	2	26945,26947	50
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1853	1775	1	26947	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	145	66	1	26950	9895
Eudialyte ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₅Ca₆Fe₃Zr₃Si(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(Cl,OH)₂			1	26931	182
Fluocerite-(Ce) ()*	Fluocerite	CeF₃	1853	1775	1	26947	45
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1853	1775	3	26945,26946,26947	9617
Gagarinite-(Y) ()*	Gagarinite	NaCaYF₆	1853	1775	1	26947	8
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1853	1775	1	26947	24243
Genthelvite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Be₃Zn₄(SiO₄)₃S	1853	1775	1	26947	60
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1853	1775	1	26947	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1853	66	2	26947,26950	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			7	26936,26937,26938,26939,26940,26941,26942	30554
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1853	1775	1	26945	209
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	1853	1775	1	26947	237
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1853	66	3	26945,26947,26950	14640
Hydrokenoralstonite ()*	Pyrochlore	₂Al₂F₆(H₂O)	1853	1775	1	26945	56
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1853	1775	3	26940,26941,26947	5591
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb	1853	1775	1	26947	192
Ludlamite ()*	None	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·4H₂O			1	26949	66
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1853	1775	2	26945,26947	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1825	1777.8	1	26946	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1853	1775	7	26936,26937,26939,26940,26941,26946,26947	17380
Polylithionite ()*	Mica	KLi₂AlSi₄O₁₀F₂	1853	1775	1	26947	89
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1825	66	7	26936,26937,26940,26941,26942,26946,26950	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	26936	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1853	1775	9	26936,26937,26939,26940,26941,26942,26945,26946,26947	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1853	1775	2	26945,26947	375
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	145	66	1	26950	5614
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	1853	1775	1	26947	241
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1825	66	3	26946,26949,26950	6417
Siderophyllite ()*	Mica	KFe²⁺₂Al(Si₂Al₂)O₁₀(OH)₂	1825	1777.8	1	26946	92
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1825	1777.8	2	26940,26946	21482
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1853	1775	3	26945,26946,26947	1006
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1853	1775	3	26945,26946,26947	1476
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	26949	636
Waimirite-(Y) ()*	None	YF₃	1853	1775	1	26945	2
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1853	1775	2	26946,26947	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1853	1775	3	26945,26946,26947	5251

47 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	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
IGR42_832-005	1832	1826	1829±3	207Pb/206Pb			zircon	PHR192	Zircon	30817	Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	Europa Granite	Costi et al. (2000)	10.1080/00206810009465114	IGR42_832
IGR42_832-006	1840	1820	1830±10	207Pb/206Pb			zircon	PHR192	Zircon	30817	Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	Europa Granite	Costi et al. (2000)	10.1080/00206810009465114	IGR42_832
IGR42_832-007	1849	1817	1833±16	207Pb/206Pb			zircon	PHR192	Zircon	30817	Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	Europa Granite	Costi et al. (2000)	10.1080/00206810009465114	IGR42_832
IGR42_832-008	1837	1827	1832±5	207Pb/206Pb			zircon	PHR192	Zircon	30817	Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	Europa Granite	Costi et al. (2000)	10.1080/00206810009465114	IGR42_832
IGR42_832-009	1836	1828	1832±4	207Pb/206Pb			zircon	PHR192	Zircon	30817	Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	Europa Granite	Costi et al. (2000)	10.1080/00206810009465114	IGR42_832
IGR42_832-010	1837	1825	1831±6	207Pb/206Pb			zircon	PHR192	Zircon	30817	Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	Europa Granite	Costi et al. (2000)	10.1080/00206810009465114	IGR42_832
IGR42_832-011	1829	1815	1822±7	207Pb/206Pb			zircon	PHR192	Zircon	30817	Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	Europa Granite	Costi et al. (2000)	10.1080/00206810009465114	IGR42_832
IGR42_832-012	1829	1827	1828±1	207Pb/206Pb			zircon	PHR192	Zircon	30817	Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	Europa Granite	Costi et al. (2000)	10.1080/00206810009465114	IGR42_832
IGR42_832-013	1836	1830	1833±3	207Pb/206Pb			zircon	PHR192	Zircon	30817	Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	Europa Granite	Costi et al. (2000)	10.1080/00206810009465114	IGR42_832
IGR42_832-00008	1808	1788	1798±10	U-Pb			zircon		Zircon	68827	Água Boa Pluton, Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	Água Boa Granite	Costi et al. (2000)	10.1080/00206810009465114	IGR42_832
IGR42_832-00009	1825	1805	1815±10	U-Pb			zircon		Zircon	68827	Água Boa Pluton, Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	Água Boa Granite	Costi et al. (2000)	10.1080/00206810009465114	IGR42_832
IGR42_832-00011	1788.2	1777.8	1783±5.2	Ar-Ar			mica			68827	Água Boa Pluton, Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	Água Boa Granite	Costi et al. (2000)	10.1080/00206810009465114	IGR42_832
IGR42_832-00001	1826	1822	1824±2	Pb-Pb			zircon	PHR125	Zircon	215301	Madeira Pluton, Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	Madeira Granite	Costi et al. (2000)	10.1080/00206810009465114	IGR42_832
IGR42_832-00002	1824	1820	1822±2	Pb-Pb			zircon	PHR193	Zircon	215301	Madeira Pluton, Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	Madeira Granite	Costi et al. (2000)	10.1080/00206810009465114	IGR42_832
IGR42_832-00003	1821	1819	1820±1	Pb-Pb			zircon	PHR191	Zircon	215301	Madeira Pluton, Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	Madeira Granite	Costi et al. (2000)	10.1080/00206810009465114	IGR42_832
IGR42_832-00004	1819	1815	1817±2	Pb-Pb			zircon	PHR178	Zircon	215301	Madeira Pluton, Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	Madeira Granite	Costi et al. (2000)	10.1080/00206810009465114	IGR42_832
IGR42_832-00005	1840	1828	1834±6	U-Pb			zircon		Zircon	215301	Madeira Pluton, Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	Madeira Granite	Costi et al. (2000)	10.1080/00206810009465114	IGR42_832
IGR42_832-00006	1816	1804	1810±6	U-Pb			zircon		Zircon	215301	Madeira Pluton, Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	Madeira Granite	Costi et al. (2000)	10.1080/00206810009465114	IGR42_832
IGR42_832-00007	1813	1775	1794±19	U-Pb			zircon		Zircon	215301	Madeira Pluton, Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	Madeira Granite	Costi et al. (2000)	10.1080/00206810009465114	IGR42_832
IGR42_832-00010	1786.6	1777.4	1782±4.6	Ar-Ar			mica			215301	Madeira Pluton, Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	Madeira Granite	Costi et al. (2000)	10.1080/00206810009465114	IGR42_832
IGR42_832-014	1827	1821	1824±3	207Pb/206Pb			zircon	PHR125	Zircon	215301	Madeira Pluton, Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	Madeira Granite	Costi et al. (2000)	10.1080/00206810009465114	IGR42_832
IGR42_832-015	1831	1825	1828±3	207Pb/206Pb			zircon	PHR125	Zircon	215301	Madeira Pluton, Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	Madeira Granite	Costi et al. (2000)	10.1080/00206810009465114	IGR42_832
IGR42_832-016	1829	1819	1824±5	207Pb/206Pb			zircon	PHR125	Zircon	215301	Madeira Pluton, Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	Madeira Granite	Costi et al. (2000)	10.1080/00206810009465114	IGR42_832
IGR42_832-017	1825	1813	1819±6	207Pb/206Pb			zircon	PHR125	Zircon	215301	Madeira Pluton, Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	Madeira Granite	Costi et al. (2000)	10.1080/00206810009465114	IGR42_832
IGR42_832-018	1829	1823	1826±3	207Pb/206Pb			zircon	PHR125	Zircon	215301	Madeira Pluton, Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	Madeira Granite	Costi et al. (2000)	10.1080/00206810009465114	IGR42_832
IGR42_832-019	1825	1819	1822±3	207Pb/206Pb			zircon	PHR125	Zircon	215301	Madeira Pluton, Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	Madeira Granite	Costi et al. (2000)	10.1080/00206810009465114	IGR42_832
IGR42_832-020	1826	1818	1822±4	207Pb/206Pb			zircon	PHR125	Zircon	215301	Madeira Pluton, Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	Madeira Granite	Costi et al. (2000)	10.1080/00206810009465114	IGR42_832
IGR42_832-021	1889	1881	1885±4	207Pb/206Pb		low	zircon	PHR125	Zircon	215301	Madeira Pluton, Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	Madeira Granite	Costi et al. (2000)	10.1080/00206810009465114	IGR42_832
IGR42_832-022	1829	1819	1824±5	207Pb/206Pb			zircon	PHR125	Zircon	215301	Madeira Pluton, Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	Madeira Granite	Costi et al. (2000)	10.1080/00206810009465114	IGR42_832
IGR42_832-023	1826	1818	1822±4	207Pb/206Pb			zircon	PHR193	Zircon	215301	Madeira Pluton, Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	Madeira Granite	Costi et al. (2000)	10.1080/00206810009465114	IGR42_832
IGR42_832-024	1829	1821	1825±4	207Pb/206Pb			zircon	PHR193	Zircon	215301	Madeira Pluton, Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	Madeira Granite	Costi et al. (2000)	10.1080/00206810009465114	IGR42_832
IGR42_832-025	1825	1815	1820±5	207Pb/206Pb			zircon	PHR193	Zircon	215301	Madeira Pluton, Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	Madeira Granite	Costi et al. (2000)	10.1080/00206810009465114	IGR42_832
IGR42_832-026	1827	1819	1823±4	207Pb/206Pb			zircon	PHR193	Zircon	215301	Madeira Pluton, Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	Madeira Granite	Costi et al. (2000)	10.1080/00206810009465114	IGR42_832
IGR42_832-027	1822	1818	1820±2	207Pb/206Pb			zircon	PHR193	Zircon	215301	Madeira Pluton, Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	Madeira Granite	Costi et al. (2000)	10.1080/00206810009465114	IGR42_832
IGR42_832-028	1827	1817	1822±5	207Pb/206Pb			zircon	PHR191	Zircon	215301	Madeira Pluton, Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	Madeira Granite	Costi et al. (2000)	10.1080/00206810009465114	IGR42_832
IGR42_832-029	1825	1815	1820±5	207Pb/206Pb			zircon	PHR191	Zircon	215301	Madeira Pluton, Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	Madeira Granite	Costi et al. (2000)	10.1080/00206810009465114	IGR42_832
IGR42_832-030	1821	1817	1819±2	207Pb/206Pb			zircon	PHR191	Zircon	215301	Madeira Pluton, Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	Madeira Granite	Costi et al. (2000)	10.1080/00206810009465114	IGR42_832
IGR42_832-031	1825	1815	1820±5	207Pb/206Pb			zircon	PHR178	Zircon	215301	Madeira Pluton, Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	Madeira Granite	Costi et al. (2000)	10.1080/00206810009465114	IGR42_832
IGR42_832-032	1821	1813	1817±4	207Pb/206Pb			zircon	PHR178	Zircon	215301	Madeira Pluton, Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	Madeira Granite	Costi et al. (2000)	10.1080/00206810009465114	IGR42_832
IGR42_832-033	1823	1815	1819±4	207Pb/206Pb			zircon	PHR178	Zircon	215301	Madeira Pluton, Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	Madeira Granite	Costi et al. (2000)	10.1080/00206810009465114	IGR42_832
IGR42_832-034	1817	1807	1812±5	207Pb/206Pb			zircon	PHR178	Zircon	215301	Madeira Pluton, Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	Madeira Granite	Costi et al. (2000)	10.1080/00206810009465114	IGR42_832
IGR42_832-035	1819	1813	1816±3	207Pb/206Pb			zircon	PHR178	Zircon	215301	Madeira Pluton, Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	Madeira Granite	Costi et al. (2000)	10.1080/00206810009465114	IGR42_832
IGR42_832-036	1853	1807	1830±23	207Pb/206Pb	interpreted as only roughly indicative of the true age of the albite granite		zircon	PHR82	Zircon	215301	Madeira Pluton, Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	Madeira Granite	Costi et al. (2000)	10.1080/00206810009465114	IGR42_832
IGR42_832-037	1838	1822	1830±8	207Pb/206Pb	interpreted as only roughly indicative of the true age of the albite granite		zircon	PHR82	Zircon	215301	Madeira Pluton, Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	Madeira Granite	Costi et al. (2000)	10.1080/00206810009465114	IGR42_832
IGR42_832-038	1823	1777	1800±23	207Pb/206Pb	interpreted as only roughly indicative of the true age of the albite granite		zircon	PHR82	Zircon	215301	Madeira Pluton, Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	Madeira Granite	Costi et al. (2000)	10.1080/00206810009465114	IGR42_832
IGR42_832-039	1804	1784	1794±10	207Pb/206Pb	interpreted as only roughly indicative of the true age of the albite granite		zircon	PHR82	Zircon	215301	Madeira Pluton, Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	Madeira Granite	Costi et al. (2000)	10.1080/00206810009465114	IGR42_832
ree-00151	145	66	Cretaceous							145876	Morro Dos Seis Lagos, São Gabriel Da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil	Morro Dos Seis Lagos (Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira)	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R130714	Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	https://rruff.info/R130714

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