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Locality Name:
Bode Claim, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 630
Youngest recorded age at locality: 490

mindat Locality ID: 203509
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203509.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bode Claim, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: Ca Cu Fe H K Li Mn Na O P S 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Cu Fe H K Li Mn Na O P S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAndalusiteArseniosideriteHureauliteKieseriteLaueiteLazuliteLeucophosphiteNonePhosphosiderite
PyriteRockbridgeiteStrunziteSulphurWardite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Barbosalite  (*)Cyrilovite  (*)Hureaulite  (*)Kidwellite  (*)Laueite  (*)
Leucophosphite  (*)Libethenite  (*)Metaswitzerite  (*)Mitridatite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)
Phosphosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Serrabrancaite  (*)Strengite  (*)
Strunzite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tavorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Barbosalite  (*)LazuliteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2630490043
Cyrilovite  (*)WarditeNaFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O630490060
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O6304900125
Kidwellite  (*)NoneNaFe3+9+x(PO4)6(OH)11·3H2O (x ≈ 0.33)630490053
Laueite  (*)LaueiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O630490070
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O6304900110
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)6304900234
Metaswitzerite  (*)NoneMn2+3(PO4)2·4H2O630490022
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O6304900129
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)66304900254
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O6304900182
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2630490039462
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)56304900206
Serrabrancaite  (*)KieseriteMn(PO4)·H2O63049008
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O6304900263
Strunzite  (*)StrunziteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O630490098
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS63049002045
Tavorite  (*)NoneLiFe3+(PO4)(OH)630490035


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
Alexandra-0368630490630–490 Age of pegmatite   Yes  280018Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, BrazilConselheiro PenaScholz et al. (2014)10.2138/am.2014.4695AM99_607formed during the Brasiliano orogeny

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