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Locality Name:
Parauapebas, Carajás Mineral Province, Pará, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2628
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2600

mindat Locality ID: 146005
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146005.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Parauapebas, Carajás Mineral Province, Pará, Brazil": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Águas Claras Mine
Alemão Cu Deposit
Azul Mine
Breves Mine
Gameleira Cu-Au Deposit (Pojuca)
Serra Norte Mine

Latitude: 6°5'22"S
Longitude: 50°15'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -6.0894444444444,-50.258888888889
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: Ag Al As Au Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Co Cu F Fe H K La Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Si Sn Te Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAmphiboleApatiteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBerylCalciteChalcopyrite
ChloriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteColumbiteCopperCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteCubanite
DiasporeDigeniteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetKaoliniteMalachiteMicaMolybdenite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePyritePyrosmalitePyroxeneQuartzRamsdelliteRocksalt
RutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteStilpnomelaneTalcTetradymiteTetrahedrite
TitaniteWurtziteZircon

81 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Altaite  (*)
Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beryl  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chlorapatite  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Cobaltpentlandite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Crandallite  (*)
Cryptomelane  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferberite  (*)Ferro-actinolite  (*)Florencite-(La)  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Grunerite  (*)Hastingsite  (*)Hedleyite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)Lithiophorite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Minnesotaite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Muthmannite  (*)
Nsutite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyrosmalite-(Fe)  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Qitianlingite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spodumene  (*)
Stannite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Thorianite  (*)
Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S262826001281822793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2262826001281823419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)26282600328179,28182,281858803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3262826001281852353
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe26282600128182489
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2262826001281823092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS26282600228179,281849052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2262826001281825509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2628260012818211547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18262826001281844286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi262826001281841966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S326282600328179,28184,281851935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS426282600228182,281855516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)26282600328182,28184,2818627770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO226282600428179,28182,28184,281855171
Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)FluoriteCeO22628260012818294
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S262826001281825707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS226282600428179,28182,28184,2818527198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)826282600128182577
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl26282600128184203
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS26282600328179,28182,28185966
Cobaltpentlandite  (*)PentlanditeCo9S82628260012818582
Copper  (*)CopperCu262826001281823846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS262826001281824165
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)626282600128182310
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O1626282600128182599
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S326282600128185802
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)226282600128182327
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O262826001281822970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S262826001281821027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)226282600228182,281869895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)26282600228179,281828173
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)26282600328179,28182,28184551
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg2.5-0.0Fe2+2.5-5.0)Si8O22(OH)226282600128182129
Florencite-(La)  (*)AluniteLaAl3(PO4)2(OH)62628260012818212
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF226282600428179,28182,28184,281859617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS26282600328179,28182,2818424243
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)326282600128182504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)262826001281827437
Gold  (*)CopperAu26282600428179,28182,28184,2818530554
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)226282600228182,28185223
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)226282600128182209
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te326282600128184104
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O326282600428179,28182,28185,2818614640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te26282600128182804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3262826001281855433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)426282600228179,281825591
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)226282600128186234
Lithiophorite  (*)None(Al,Li)(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2(OH)226282600128182210
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O426282600428179,28182,28185,2818614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22628260012818212537
Minnesotaite  (*)Clay TalcFe2+3Si4O10(OH)22628260012818261
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS226282600328182,28184,281855800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)226282600428179,28182,28184,2818517380
Muthmannite  (*)NoneAuAgTe2262826001281827
Nsutite  (*)RamsdelliteMn2+xMn4+1-xO2-2x(OH)2x26282600128182121
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8262826001281851512
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)426282600128182369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS226282600428179,28182,28184,2818539462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2262826001281823106
Pyrosmalite-(Fe)  (*)Pyrosmalite ClayFe2+8Si6O15(OH)102628260012818238
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S826282600428179,28182,28184,281859056
Qitianlingite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+2Nb2W6+O10262826001281842
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO226282600528179,28182,28184,28185,2818661156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2262826001281845614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)262826001281824894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)26282600328179,28182,281846417
Silver  (*)CopperAg262826001281825186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS26282600228179,2818221482
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O626282600128184688
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS426282600128179668
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O26282600228182,28185456
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2262826001281823337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13262826001281791803
Thorianite  (*)FluoriteThO226282600128182236
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)26282600228182,281841006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O26282600228182,281854899
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO226282600228182,281852718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O26282600128182890
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)26282600228182,28184939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)262826001281845251


1 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
Mo-00395262826002614±14Re-Os molybdeniteXB 2K001  Molybdenite Mo190645Gameleira Cu-Au Deposit (Pojuca), Parauapebas, Carajás Mineral Province, Pará, BrazilGameleiraMarschik et al. (2005)10.1007/s00126-004-0450-zMD39_983 

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