Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Morro Do Ferro, Poços De Caldas, Poços De Caldas Alkaline Complex, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 86.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 60.8

mindat Locality ID: 30588
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30588.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Morro Do Ferro, Poços De Caldas, Poços De Caldas Alkaline Complex, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 21°55'"S
Longitude: 46°31'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.916666666667,-46.533055555556

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	Baddeleyite	Bastnäsite	Brannerite	Calcite	Cancrinite	Clay	Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore
Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Lanthanite	Lepidocrocite	Monazite	Nolanite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine
Pyrite	Ramsdellite	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Tridymite	Wollastonite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anatase ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Birnessite ()*
Brannerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cancrinite ()*	Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Cheralite ()*
Coffinite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Ferrihydrite ()*	Florencite-(Ce) ()*
Fluorite ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gorceixite ()*	Goyazite ()*
Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lanthanite-(Nd) ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*
Lithiophilite ()*	Lithiophorite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Nepheline ()*	Nsutite ()*	Plumbogummite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Thorbastnäsite ()*
Thorianite ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	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 Ba C Ca Ce F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nd O P Pb S Si Sr Th Ti U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Ce F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nd O P Pb S Si Sr Th Ti U Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Baddeleyite Bastnäsite Brannerite Calcite Cancrinite Clay Coronadite Corundum Diaspore
Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Lanthanite Lepidocrocite Monazite Nolanite None Not in a structural group Olivine
Pyrite Ramsdellite Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Tridymite Wollastonite Zircon

45 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	86.3	60.8	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	86.3	60.8	966
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	86.3	60.8	2162
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	86.3	60.8	238
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O	86.3	60.8	178
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	86.3	60.8	248
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	86.3	60.8	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	86.3	60.8	232
Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite	CeO₂	86.3	60.8	94
Cheralite ()*	Monazite	CaTh(PO₄)₂	86.3	60.8	50
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	86.3	60.8	566
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	86.3	60.8	310
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	86.3	60.8	599
Ferrihydrite ()*	Nolanite	Fe³⁺₁₀O₁₄(OH)₂	86.3	60.8	86
Florencite-(Ce) ()*	Alunite	CeAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆	86.3	60.8	73
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	86.3	60.8	9617
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	86.3	60.8	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	86.3	60.8	7437
Gorceixite ()*	Alunite	BaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	86.3	60.8	121
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	86.3	60.8	173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	86.3	60.8	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	86.3	60.8	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	86.3	60.8	5591
Lanthanite-(Nd) ()*	Lanthanite	Nd₂(CO₃)₃·8H₂O	86.3	60.8	10
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	86.3	60.8	581
Lithiophilite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)	86.3	60.8	155
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	86.3	60.8	210
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	86.3	60.8	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	86.3	60.8	4924
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	86.3	60.8	1508
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	86.3	60.8	884
Nsutite ()*	Ramsdellite	Mn²⁺_xMn⁴⁺_1-xO_2-2x(OH)_2x	86.3	60.8	121
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	86.3	60.8	170
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	86.3	60.8	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	86.3	60.8	3106
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	86.3	60.8	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	86.3	60.8	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	86.3	60.8	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	86.3	60.8	1934
Thorbastnäsite ()*	Bastnäsite	ThCa(CO₃)₂F₂·3H₂O	86.3	60.8	14
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	86.3	60.8	236
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	86.3	60.8	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	86.3	60.8	4899
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	86.3	60.8	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	86.3	60.8	5251

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
	ree-00157	60.8	60.8	60.8 Ma (K-Ar, lujarite) 86.3 Ma (Rb-Sr, lujavrite-khibinite)	K-Ar										30588	Morro Do Ferro, Poços De Caldas, Poços De Caldas Alkaline Complex, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Pocos de Caldas (Morro do Ferro)	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189
	ree-00801	86.3	86.3	60.8 Ma (K-Ar, lujarite) 86.3 Ma (Rb-Sr, lujavrite-khibinite)	Rb-Sr										30588	Morro Do Ferro, Poços De Caldas, Poços De Caldas Alkaline Complex, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Pocos de Caldas (Morro do Ferro)	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

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