Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Água Boa Pluton, Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1825
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1777.8

mindat Locality ID: 68827
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-68827.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Água Boa Pluton, Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°-45'-22"N
Longitude: 60°6'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -0.75611111111111,-60.106944444444

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rutile	Sphalerite	Topaz	Zircon

Anatase ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Siderophyllite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Thorite ()*	Topaz ()*	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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K O P S Si Sn Th Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H K O P S Si Sn Th Ti Y Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Feldspar Fluorite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rutile Sphalerite Topaz Zircon

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1825	1777.8	2162
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1825	1777.8	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1825	1777.8	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1825	1777.8	9617
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1825	1777.8	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1825	1777.8	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1825	1777.8	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1825	1777.8	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1825	1777.8	6417
Siderophyllite ()*	Mica	KFe²⁺₂Al(Si₂Al₂)O₁₀(OH)₂	1825	1777.8	92
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1825	1777.8	21482
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1825	1777.8	1006
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1825	1777.8	1476
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1825	1777.8	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1825	1788	5251

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
IGR42_832-00008	1808	1788	1798±10	U-Pb	zircon	Zircon	68827	Água Boa Pluton, Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	Água Boa Granite	Costi et al. (2000)	10.1080/00206810009465114	IGR42_832
IGR42_832-00009	1825	1805	1815±10	U-Pb	zircon	Zircon	68827	Água Boa Pluton, Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	Água Boa Granite	Costi et al. (2000)	10.1080/00206810009465114	IGR42_832
IGR42_832-00011	1788.2	1777.8	1783±5.2	Ar-Ar	mica		68827	Água Boa Pluton, Pitinga Mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil	Água Boa Granite	Costi et al. (2000)	10.1080/00206810009465114	IGR42_832

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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