Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Conceição Do Mato Dentro, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1840
Youngest recorded age at locality: 600

mindat Locality ID: 42629
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-42629.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Conceição Do Mato Dentro, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
São José De Brejaúba

Latitude: 19°2'8"S
Longitude: 43°25'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.035555555556,-43.424722222222
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 Be Bi C Ca Cr Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Nb O Pd Si V Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ca Hg Mg O Pd Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AtelestiteBarringeriteBerylBismutiteClayColumbiteFeldsparGarnetKaoliniteMica
NoneOlivinePyroxeneQuartzScheeliteSpinel

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Atheneite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismutite  (*)Chrombismite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dukeite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Hechtsbergite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pucherite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Schumacherite  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)39606851275672353
Atheneite  (*)BarringeritePd2(As0.75Hg0.25)1840600015
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18960685227567,275684286
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)960685127568716
Chrombismite  (*)NoneBi16CrO279606851275682
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6184060004135
Dukeite  (*)NoneBi3+24Cr6+8O57(OH)6·3H2O9606851275683
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)184060001188
Hechtsbergite  (*)AtelestiteBi2O(VO4)(OH)9606851275686
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)49606851275685591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O496068512756814899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)9606851275684924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)296068512756817380
Pucherite  (*)ScheeliteBi(VO4)96068512756853
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO296068512756861156
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O8960685127568353
Schumacherite  (*)NoneBi3O(VO4)2(OH)96068512756812
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)39606851275671214


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
Cr-00022993942990U-Pb monazite  YesChrombismite, DukeiteCr387Minas Gerais, BrazilMinas GeraisGastil (1960)10.2475/ajs.258.1.1AJS258_1 
EG96_61_0001184018201830 ± 10Pb-Pbmineralizationgold   Gold  42629Conceição Do Mato Dentro, Minas Gerais, BrazilConceicao MineOlivo (1996) EG96_61 
EG96_61_0002184018201830 ± 10Pb-Pbmineralizationhematite   Hematite  42629Conceição Do Mato Dentro, Minas Gerais, BrazilConceicao MineOlivo (1996) EG96_61 
MD40_289_0001700600650 ± 50U-Pbmineralizationhematite   Hematite  42629Conceição Do Mato Dentro, Minas Gerais, BrazilConceicao MineLuders (2005) MD40_289 
RBG30_35_0001960766863 ± 97Sm-Ndhost rockwhole rock     392Posse Mine, São José De Brejaúba, Conceição Do Mato Dentro, Minas Gerais, BrazilGoais magmatic arcPimentel (2000) RBG30_35 
RBG30_35_0002839685762 ± 77Sm-Ndhost rockwhole rock     392Posse Mine, São José De Brejaúba, Conceição Do Mato Dentro, Minas Gerais, BrazilGoais magmatic arcPimentel (2000) RBG30_35 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070441Posse Mine, São José De Brejaúba, Conceição Do Mato Dentro, Minas Gerais, Brazilhttps://rruff.info/R070441
R080137Posse Mine, São José De Brejaúba, Conceição Do Mato Dentro, Minas Gerais, Brazilhttps://rruff.info/R080137

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