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Locality Name:
Osamu Utsumi Mine, Campo Do Cercado, Caldas, Poços De Caldas Alkaline Complex, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 76
Youngest recorded age at locality: 76

mindat Locality ID: 30595
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30595.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Osamu Utsumi Mine, Campo Do Cercado, Caldas, Poços De Caldas Alkaline Complex, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 21°56'48"S
Longitude: 46°29'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.946666666667,-46.499166666667
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 Ba C Ca Cd Ce F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo N Na Ni O P S Si Sr Th Ti U Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cd Ce F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo N Na Ni O P S Si Sr Th Ti U Y Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlumAluniteAmorphousBaddeleyiteBaryteBastnäsiteBranneriteCalciteClayCorundum
DiasporeFeldsparFluoriteHalotrichiteKaoliniteMicaMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupPentlandite
PyritePyrophylliteQuartzRamsdelliteRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelTridymiteWurtzite
Zircon

43 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Anatase  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)
Bílinite  (*)Brannerite  (*)Cheralite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Gibbsite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gorceixite  (*)Goyazite  (*)Greenockite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilsemannite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Jordisite  (*)Kalinite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Molybdite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nepheline  (*)
Nsutite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sanidine  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Tschermigite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Vermiculite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)676760966
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2767602162
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO276760238
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)7676011547
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F76760304
Bílinite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·22H2O7676016
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O676760248
Cheralite  (*)MonaziteCaTh(PO4)27676050
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)676760310
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2767609617
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)376760504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)767607437
Gorceixite  (*)AluniteBaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)676760121
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)676760173
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS76760717
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O37676014640
Ilsemannite  (*)NoneMo3O8·nH2O (?)76760123
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6767602228
Jordisite  (*)AmorphousMoS276760102
Kalinite  (*)NoneKAl(SO4)2·11H2O7676054
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4767605591
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO376760140
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O767601508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)27676017380
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)76760884
Nsutite  (*)RamsdelliteMn2+xMn4+1-xO2-2x(OH)2x76760121
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8767601512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2767602273
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O76760265
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS27676039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2767603106
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)276760771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27676061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2767605614
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)76760598
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)767606417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS7676021482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4767601934
Tschermigite  (*)Alum(NH4)Al(SO4)2·12H2O7676081
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2767602718
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O76760652
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)76760939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)767605251


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
Giersdorf_000008237676>76 Minimum age for the uranium of the Osamu Utsumi mine of Brazil    Brannerite, Uraninite 30595Osamu Utsumi Mine, Campo Do Cercado, Caldas, Poços De Caldas Alkaline Complex, Minas Gerais, BrazilOsamu UtsumiPearcy et al. (1994)10.1016/0883-2927(94)90030-2AG9_713Age is given in comparison to the Nopal deposit due to its similarity as a natural analogue to nuclear waste disposal systems

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070513Osamu Utsumi Mine, Campo Do Cercado, Caldas, Poços De Caldas Alkaline Complex, Minas Gerais, Brazilhttps://rruff.info/R070513

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