Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Maracás, Bahia, Brazil

mindat Locality ID: 308047
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-308047.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Maracás, Bahia, Brazil": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Rio Jacaré Layered Complex

Latitude: 13°36'35"S
Longitude: 40°39'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -13.609722222222,-40.653611111111

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.

Amphibole	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Iron	Löllingite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite
Potarite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Alloclasite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Copper ()*	Diopside ()*	Ferronickelplatinum ()*	Fletcherite ()*	Froodite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kotulskite ()*
Krutovite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Melliniite ()*	Niggliite ()*
Orcelite ()*	Paolovite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Petrovskaite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Samaniite ()*	Siegenite ()*	Sperrylite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stibiopalladinite ()*	Taimyrite-I ()*	Tetraferroplatinum ()*
Titanite ()*	Zhanghengite ()*	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: Ag Al As Au Bi Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O P Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Sn Te Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Copper Corundum Iron Löllingite Nickeline None Pentlandite
Potarite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Zircon

38 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	27081	3419
Alloclasite ()*	Löllingite	CoAsS	1	27082	56
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	27082	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	27081,27082	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	2	27081,27082	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	27082	3846
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	27081	4135
Ferronickelplatinum ()*	Potarite	Pt₂FeNi	1	27082	13
Fletcherite ()*	Spinel	CuNi₂S₄	1	27082	13
Froodite ()*	None	PdBi₂	1	27081	62
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	27081,27082	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	27081,27082	30554
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	1	27082	205
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	27081,27082	5433
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	1	27082	116
Krutovite ()*	Pyrite	NiAs₂	1	27082	11
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	1	27081	249
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	27081,27082	14899
Melliniite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)₄P	1	27082	5
Niggliite ()*	Nickeline	PtSn	1	27082	22
Orcelite ()*	None	Ni_5-xAs₂ (x = 0.25)	1	27082	36
Paolovite ()*	None	Pd₂Sn	1	27082	38
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2	27081,27082	1512
Petrovskaite ()*	None	AuAgS	1	27082	9
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	27081,27082	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	27081	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	27081	61156
Samaniite ()*	None	Cu₂Fe₅Ni₂S₈	1	27082	4
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	1	27082	249
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	2	27081,27082	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	27081,27082	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	27081	1934
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂	1	27082	75
Taimyrite-I ()*	None	(Pd,Pt)₉Cu₃Sn₄	1	27081	11
Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Potarite	PtFe	1	27082	66
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	27081	4899
Zhanghengite ()*	Iron	CuZn	1	27082	6
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	27081	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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