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Locality Name:
Jaguaraçu, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 580
Youngest recorded age at locality: 580

mindat Locality ID: 406
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-406.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jaguaraçu, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Jaguaraçu Pegmatite

Latitude: 19°38'35"S
Longitude: 42°43'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.643055555556,-42.717222222222

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 As B Be C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Li Mg Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Ta Th Ti U Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBerylClayColumbiteCorundumFeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteGypsum
KaoliniteMicaMilariteMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRutile
Smectite-vermiculiteSpinelTourmalineZircon

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Beryl  (*)Carlosbarbosaite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chernovite-(Y)  (*)Churchite-(Y)  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Elbaite  (*)
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Milarite  (*)Minasgeraisite-(Y)  (*)
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Spodumene  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)5805801278378803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO25805801278372162
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O185805801278374286
Carlosbarbosaite  (*)None(UO2)2Nb2O6(OH)2·2H2O5805801278371
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO25805801278375171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)5805801278374979
Chernovite-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(AsO4)58058012783746
Churchite-(Y)  (*)GypsumY(PO4)·2H2O58058012783770
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6580580127837518
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)580580127837520
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O6580580127837414
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F5805801278372740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF25805801278379617
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O358058012783714640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O35805801278375433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)45805801278375591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O458058012783714899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)5805801278374924
Milarite  (*)MilariteKCa2(Be2AlSi12)O30·H2O580580127837156
Minasgeraisite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteCaBe2Y2Si2O105805801278373
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)580580127837945
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O5805801278371508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)258058012783717380
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O580580127837471
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS258058012783739462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl5805801278371725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO258058012783761156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)5805801278372705
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O6580580127837688
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO25805801278372718
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)5805801278375251



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
Be-00003580580580  high    Minasgeraisite-(Y)Be405Jaguaraçu Pegmatite, Jaguaraçu, Minas Gerais, Brazil Pedrosa-Soares et al. (2011) GSL350_25 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R110162Jaguaraçu, Minas Gerais, Brazilhttps://rruff.info/R110162
R120135Jaguaraçu, Minas Gerais, Brazilhttps://rruff.info/R120135
R120134Jaguaraçu, Minas Gerais, Brazilhttps://rruff.info/R120134


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