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:
Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3200
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3200

mindat Locality ID: 423
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-423.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Antônio Pereira District
Cachoeira Do Campo District
Miguel Burnier District (São Julião)
Ouro Preto District
Rodrigo Silva District

Latitude: 20°24'42"S
Longitude: 43°36'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.411666666667,-43.604722222222

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Braunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Descloizite	Diaspore	Epidote	Fluocerite	Fluorite	Garnet	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Monazite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Roscherite	Rutile	Spinel
Talc	Topaz	Tourmaline	Zircon

Almandine ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Derbylite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Euclase ()*	Florencite-(Ce) ()*	Fluocerite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Gorceixite ()*	Greifensteinite ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hydroxycalcioroméite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*
Scorodite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Talc ()*	Topaz ()*	Tripuhyite ()*
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	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: Al As Au B Ba Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti V Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Ca F H O P Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Braunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Descloizite Diaspore Epidote Fluocerite Fluorite Garnet Kaolinite Malachite Mica Monazite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Roscherite Rutile Spinel
Talc Topaz Tourmaline Zircon

47 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			2	27947,27970	2353
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	27953	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	27953	5516
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)			1	27958	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	27953	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	27965	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	27954	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	27953	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂			1	27954	376
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			3	27955,27956,27965	2600
Derbylite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₄Ti⁴⁺₃Sb³⁺O₁₃(OH)			1	27965	3
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)			1	27965	378
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	27954	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	27953	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	27954	8173
Euclase ()*	None	BeAlSiO₄(OH)			2	27970,27971	120
Florencite-(Ce) ()*	Alunite	CeAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆			2	27950,27965	73
Fluocerite-(Ce) ()*	Fluocerite	CeF₃			1	27957	45
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3200	3200	0		9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			2	27948,27958	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3200	3200	4	27948,27954,27965,27968	30554
Gorceixite ()*	Alunite	BaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	3200	3200	0		121
Greifensteinite ()*	Roscherite	Ca₂Be₄Fe²⁺₅(PO₄)₆(OH)₄·6H₂O			1	27964	27
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄			1	27958	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			12	27947,27948,27949,27951,27954,27957,27958,27964,27965,27967,27969,27971	14640
Hydroxycalcioroméite ()*	Pyrochlore	(Ca,Sb³⁺)₂(Sb⁵⁺,Ti)₂O₆(OH)			1	27965	11
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH			1	27965	367
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	27957	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			2	27954,27965	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	27965,27971	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	27953	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)			1	27964	770
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)			1	27965	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	27970	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	27971	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3200	3200	0		771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			7	27948,27957,27959,27965,27970,27971,27972	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	27958	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			3	27965,27970,27971	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	27970	2705
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			2	27948,27964	1153
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	27947	1214
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			3	27948,27954,27971	3337
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			9	27950,27952,27954,27957,27964,27967,27970,27971,27972	1476
Tripuhyite ()*	Rutile	Fe³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄			1	27965	66
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)			1	27965	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	27965	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	vms-00065	3200	3200	Archean										S	28550	Bico De Pedra, Rodrigo Silva District, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bico de Pedra	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060024	Topaz Mine, Antônio Pereira District, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil	https://rruff.info/R060024
R060026	Capão Do Lana Mine, Rodrigo Silva District, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil	https://rruff.info/R060026

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