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:
Amapá, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2100
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1900

mindat Locality ID: 145709
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145709.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Amapá, Brazil": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Calçoene
Mazagão
Serra Do Navio
Tartarugalzinho
Vitória Do Jari

Latitude: 0°45'24"N
Longitude: 51°57'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0.75666666666667,-51.961666666667

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Garnet	Kaolinite
Mica	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Ullmannite

Alabandite ()*	Anatase ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*
Hematite ()*	Irarsite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Laurite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Maucherite ()*	Michenerite ()*	Millerite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrophanite ()*	Pyroxmangite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Sobolevskite ()*
Sperrylite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tephroite ()*

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 Bi C Co Cr Cu Fe H Ir K Mg Mn Ni O Pd Pt Ru S Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Copper Corundum Diaspore Garnet Kaolinite
Mica Millerite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Ullmannite

34 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
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	2100	1900	1	26925	312
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	26928	2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	26920	9052
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2100	1900	1	26925	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	26923	3902
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	2100	1900	1	26925	966
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃			1	26928	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	26928	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			2	26920,26926	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	2100	1900	1	26925	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	26928	14640
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS			1	26923	154
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	26928	5591
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂			1	26923	226
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	26923	14899
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈			1	26923	161
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe			1	26923	114
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS			1	26923	1066
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS			1	26923	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	26923	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2100	1900	1	26925	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2100	1900	2	26923,26925	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	2100	1900	1	26925	3106
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	2100	1900	1	26925	244
Pyroxmangite ()*	None	Mn²⁺SiO₃	2100	1900	1	26925	147
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2100	1900	2	26923,26925	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	26920,26928	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	2100	1900	1	26925	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	2100	1900	1	26925	969
Sobolevskite ()*	Nickeline	PdBi			1	26923	44
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂			1	26923	337
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2100	1900	1	26925	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2100	1900	1	26925	21482
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)	2100	1900	1	26925	240

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
	DeepDive-Co-0040	2100	1900	2100-1900		Trans-Amazonian Orogeny									106461	Serra Do Navio Mine, Serra Do Navio, Amapá, Brazil		Chisonga et al. (2012)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.06.006	OGR47_59	Trans-Amazonian Orogeny

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050361	Serra Do Navio, Amapá, Brazil	https://rruff.info/R050361

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