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Locality Name:
Borborema Mineral Province, Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil

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

mindat Locality ID: 31619
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31619.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Borborema Mineral Province, Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil": 76
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 59

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Acari
Alexandria
Bodó
Caiçara Do Rio Do Vento
Caicó
Campo Redondo
Carnaúba Dos Dantas
Currais Novos
Equador
Glorious Pegmatite
Jardim Do Seridó
Jurucutu
Lajes
Lajes Pintadas
Parelhas
Pau Dos Ferros
São João Do Sabugi
São Tomé
Tenente Ananias

Latitude: 6°31'55"S
Longitude: 36°52'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -6.5319444444444,-36.874166666667
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: Ag Al As Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ta Te Th Ti U W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteArsenicArsenopyriteAutuniteBaryte
BerylBismutiteBranneriteCalciteChalcopyriteChildreniteChloriteClayClinozoisiteColumbite
CopperCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteDiasporeDigeniteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnet
KaoliniteLazuliteMalachiteMatlockiteMeneghiniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
OlivinePhosphuranylitePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScapoliteScheelite
Smectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStauroliteStibniteTalcTapioliteTitaniteTourmalineTriplite
VesuvianiteWagneriteWollastoniteZircon

120 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Alumotantite  (*)Amblygonite  (*)
Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bertrandite  (*)
Beryl  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismoclite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bismutite  (*)Bismutotantalite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brannerite  (*)Brazilianite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Childrenite  (*)Chrysoberyl  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Cookeite  (*)
Cordierite  (*)Coronadite  (*)Covellite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dravite  (*)Elbaite  (*)Eosphorite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Euclase  (*)Ferberite  (*)Fersmite  (*)Fluor-elbaite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)Gladite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)Hastingsite  (*)Hectorite  (*)
Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Ixiolite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Lazulite  (*)Lithiophilite  (*)Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Meionite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Natrotantite  (*)Opal  (*)Uranophane-β  (*)Pekoite  (*)Petalite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Phosphuranylite  (*)Powellite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrope  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Simpsonite  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Spodumene  (*)Staurolite  (*)Stibiotantalite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Talc  (*)Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)Thorite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Triphylite  (*)Triplite  (*)Triploidite  (*)
Tungstenite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Vermiculite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Waylandite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Zabuyelite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2328472,28487,285073419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)5306.161128493,28494,28511,28513,28516,28517,28518,28524,28525,28529,285318803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31285072353
Alumotantite  (*)Not in a structural groupAlTaO41284935
Amblygonite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)F128511244
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5228475,285071310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31284871534
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21285073092
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1285071036
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2128507718
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1285079052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O5136.16328513,28517,285181272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21285225509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)12848711547
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2328479,28480,28497606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O185306.162928463,28464,28465,28466,28472,28473,28479,28482,28483,28491,28493,28496,28499,28502,28505,28506,28509,28510,28513,28516,28517,28518,28530,28533,28534,28535,28536,28537,285384286
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O3128507214
Bismoclite  (*)MatlockiteBiOCl12849371
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi228487,285071966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3511.9506.1628487,28492,28504,28507,28517,285251935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)228492,28525716
Bismutotantalite  (*)NoneBiTaO45306.16428463,28476,28484,2851023
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4428468,28487,28488,285045516
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O67.386.16128513248
Brazilianite  (*)Not in a structural groupNaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4524.5522.3228493,2851659
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)228487,2850727770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2524.5522.3328483,28493,285165171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2628468,28486,28487,28488,28504,2850727198
Childrenite  (*)ChildreniteFe2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O228514,2853193
Chrysoberyl  (*)OlivineBeAl2O4128509321
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O511.9506.1228479,285173531
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)228487,285071025
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6524.5514728465,28483,28499,28516,28520,28521,28523518
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O6524.5506.11028483,28492,28493,28494,28496,28498,28516,28517,28518,28526289
Cookeite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Al,Li)3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)85306.16328513,28517,28518181
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O18228475,285071008
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16511.9506.1128517227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS511.9506.11285174165
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6511.9506.1128517310
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2128507327
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S511.9506.11285171027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6228469,285074135
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)5306.16428485,28513,28517,28518648
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)5306.16828493,28500,28511,28513,28517,28518,28524,28529520
Eosphorite  (*)ChildreniteMn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O511.9506.1228514,28517128
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)828468,28485,28486,28487,28488,28504,28507,285088173
Euclase  (*)NoneBeAlSiO4(OH)511.9506.1628479,28493,28495,28497,28517,28525120
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)228485,28487551
Fersmite  (*)ColumbiteCaNb2O65306.1612851383
Fluor-elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3F5306.1612851331
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F511.9506.1328511,28517,285312740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2328487,28490,285049617
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O45306.16528477,28479,28513,28517,28518445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS511.9506.1228504,2851724243
Gladite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBi5S912848767
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1285077437
Gold  (*)CopperAu228475,2852230554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3528467,28484,28485,28487,285071544
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2128485209
Hectorite  (*)ClayNa0.3(Mg,Li)3Si4O10(F,OH)2·nH2O511.9506.112851719
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6228487,28507741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O35306.16228507,2851314640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te511.9506.1128517804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O35306.16728464,28465,28472,28483,28507,28513,285175433
Ixiolite  (*)Columbite(Ta2/3Mn2+1/3)O25306.16528464,28465,28483,28513,28517148
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)45306.16328492,28493,285135591
Lazulite  (*)LazuliteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2228510,28511232
Lithiophilite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)524.5506.1228516,28517155
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2128507238
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O45306.16628464,28465,28487,28507,28513,2851714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2511.9506.1328479,28517,2852212537
Meionite  (*)ScapoliteCa4Al6Si6O24(CO3)128487176
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)5306.161328479,28487,28493,28494,28511,28513,28514,28516,28517,28518,28526,28531,285384924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2628468,28470,28487,28488,28504,285075800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)25306.161928472,28475,28479,28487,28488,28492,28493,28494,28507,28511,28513,28516,28517,28518,28520,28521,28523,28529,2853117380
Natrotantite  (*)NoneNa2Ta4O111284933
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O513506.1428484,28509,28517,285182994
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O7.386.16128513144
Pekoite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBi11S1812848739
Petalite  (*)Not in a structural groupLiAlSi4O10128493124
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2328472,28487,285072273
Phosphuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O516514128499182
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)228487,28488494
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2228487,285071898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2728468,28470,28486,28487,28488,28504,2850739462
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)35306.16328501,28510,28532341
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8228486,285079056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25306.162728465,28475,28479,28485,28487,28488,28492,28493,28494,28496,28500,28502,28507,28509,28510,28511,28513,28514,28516,28517,28518,28523,28524,28525,28529,28531,2853561156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1284871711
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO25306.16728464,28465,28472,28507,28513,28516,285175614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1128467,28468,28469,28470,28484,28485,28486,28487,28488,28504,285074894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)5306.16428479,28513,28517,285182705
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51284751516
Simpsonite  (*)NoneAl4Ta3O13(OH)12849316
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)35306.16728479,28481,28502,28513,28517,28518,285381214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12850721482
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O65306.16728482,28493,28511,28513,28516,28517,28518688
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)228475,28507978
Stibiotantalite  (*)NoneSb3+TaO412849353
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31285043418
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21285073337
Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Ta2O612851999
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O6524.5514628492,28493,28496,28499,28516,28527211
Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)TapioliteFe2+Ta2O6628465,28482,28483,28493,28494,2851988
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1285121006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O428468,28487,28488,285074899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2228487,285072562
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)511.9506.1228511,28517313
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F511.9506.1128517233
Triploidite  (*)WagneriteMn2+2(PO4)(OH)511.9506.112851729
Tungstenite  (*)MolybdeniteWS212848728
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2511.9506.1228517,285262718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O5306.16128513890
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O128472652
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10528468,28485,28486,28487,284881395
Waylandite  (*)AluniteBiAl3(PO4)2(OH)612849231
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3228468,285071247
Zabuyelite  (*)NoneLi2(CO3)511.9506.112851711
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)513506.1528485,28507,28517,28518,285235251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1285071025


6 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
Bradley_2012_025516514515±1U/Pb columbite, tantalite     14755Mamões Pegmatite, Equador, Borborema Mineral Province, Rio Grande Do Norte, BrazilMamoesMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 
Alexandra-03707.386.166.77 ± 0.61U-PbAge of mineraluranophane-beta   ParauranophaneAutunite, Brannerite 30432Alto Dos Quintos Mine (Quintos Pegmatite; Quintos De Baixo), Parelhas, Borborema Mineral Province, Rio Grande Do Norte, BrazilQuintos PegmatiteDill et al. (2013)10.1016/j.jsames.2013.03.014JSAES45_160 
Alexandra-0371530480530-480 Age of pegmatite      30432Alto Dos Quintos Mine (Quintos Pegmatite; Quintos De Baixo), Parelhas, Borborema Mineral Province, Rio Grande Do Norte, BrazilQuintos PegmatiteDill et al. (2013)10.1016/j.jsames.2013.03.014JSAES45_160 
Alexandra-0140524.5522.3523.4 ± 1.1Ar-ArAge of intrusionbiotite, thorianite     4461Boqueirão Pegmatite, Parelhas, Borborema Mineral Province, Rio Grande Do Norte, BrazilBoqueirãoBeurlen et al. (2014)10.1016/j.jsames.2014.08.007JSAES56_110 
Alexandra-0139511.9506.1509 ± 2.9U-PbAge of intrusioncolumbite     30433Capoeira 1 Pegmatite (Boqueirãozinho Pegmatite), Parelhas, Borborema Mineral Province, Rio Grande Do Norte, BrazilCapoeiraBaumgartner et al. (2006)10.2113/gscanmin.44.1.69CM44_69 
Bradley_2012_024513507510±3U/Pb columbite, tantalite     30431Capoeira 2 Pegmatite (Mulungu Pegmatite), Parelhas, Borborema Mineral Province, Rio Grande Do Norte, BrazilCapoeiraMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060665Equador, Borborema Mineral Province, Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazilhttps://rruff.info/R060665
R050629Equador, Borborema Mineral Province, Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazilhttps://rruff.info/R050629
R060192Parelhas, Borborema Mineral Province, Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazilhttps://rruff.info/R060192
R120075Capoeira 1 Pegmatite (Boqueirãozinho Pegmatite), Parelhas, Borborema Mineral Province, Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazilhttps://rruff.info/R120075

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