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:
Rodrigo Silva District, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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

mindat Locality ID: 5574
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5574.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rodrigo Silva District, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bico De Pedra
Boa Vista
Capão Do Lana Mine
Trino Mine

Latitude: 20°26'51"S
Longitude: 43°36'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.4475,-43.611388888889

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.

Clay	Copper	Corundum	Garnet	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel
Talc	Topaz	Tourmaline

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 Au B Be F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Copper Corundum Garnet Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rutile Spinel
Talc Topaz Tourmaline

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Almandine ()*	Euclase ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*
Talc ()*	Topaz ()*

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			1	27970	2353
Euclase ()*	None	BeAlSiO₄(OH)			2	27970,27971	120
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3200	3200	1	27968	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	27969,27971	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	27971	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	27970	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	27971	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			3	27970,27971,27972	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			2	27970,27971	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	27970	2705
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	27971	3337
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			3	27970,27971,27972	1476

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
R060026	Capão Do Lana Mine, Rodrigo Silva District, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil	https://rruff.info/R060026

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