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Locality Name:
Maracás Menchen Mine (Maracas Deposit), Rio Jacaré Layered Complex, Maracás, Bahia, Brazil


mindat Locality ID: 310598
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-310598.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Maracás Menchen Mine (Maracas Deposit), Rio Jacaré Layered Complex, Maracás, Bahia, Brazil": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 13°36'35"S
Longitude: 40°39'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -13.609722222222,-40.653888888889
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 As Au Bi Co Cu Fe Ni O P Pb Pd Pt S Sb Sn Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au Bi Co Cu Fe Ni O P Pb Pd Pt S Sb Sn Te Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteCobaltiteCopperCorundumIronLöllingiteNickelineNonePentlanditePotarite
PyriteRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Alloclasite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)
Ferronickelplatinum  (*)Fletcherite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Kotulskite  (*)Krutovite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Melliniite  (*)
Niggliite  (*)Orcelite  (*)Paolovite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Petrovskaite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Samaniite  (*)Siegenite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibiopalladinite  (*)Tetraferroplatinum  (*)Zhanghengite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alloclasite  (*)LöllingiteCoAsS056
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS0966
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Ferronickelplatinum  (*)PotaritePt2FeNi013
Fletcherite  (*)SpinelCuNi2S4013
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S20205
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)0116
Krutovite  (*)PyriteNiAs2011
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Melliniite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)4P05
Niggliite  (*)NickelinePtSn022
Orcelite  (*)NoneNi5-xAs2 (x = 0.25)036
Paolovite  (*)NonePd2Sn038
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S801512
Petrovskaite  (*)NoneAuAgS09
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Samaniite  (*)NoneCu2Fe5Ni2S804
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S40249
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs20337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stibiopalladinite  (*)NonePd5Sb2075
Tetraferroplatinum  (*)PotaritePtFe066
Zhanghengite  (*)IronCuZn06


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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