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Locality Name:
Serro (Serro Frio; Cerrado Frio), Minas Gerais, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 700
Youngest recorded age at locality: 450

mindat Locality ID: 379
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-379.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Serro (Serro Frio; Cerrado Frio), Minas Gerais, Brazil": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bom Sucesso Creek
Milho Verde

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 Be C F Fe H Hg O Pd Pt Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be F H O Si Ti Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylCopperDiamondNonePotariteRutileSpinelTopazZircon

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Beryl  (*)Diamond  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Palladium  (*)
Platinum  (*)Potarite  (*)Rutile  (*)Topaz  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1870045004286
Diamond  (*)DiamondC700450228095,28096697
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)37004500504
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O470045012809314899
Palladium  (*)CopperPd70045012809359
Platinum  (*)CopperPt700450128093485
Potarite  (*)PotaritePdHg70045012809325
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO270045005614
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F270045001476
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)70045005251



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
Hg-00004700450       PotariteHg379Serro (Serro Frio; Cerrado Frio), Minas Gerais, Brazil Richardson (1988); Cabral et al. (2006)   


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