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Locality Name:
Posse Mine, São José De Brejaúba, Conceição Do Mato Dentro, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 993
Youngest recorded age at locality: 685

mindat Locality ID: 392
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-392.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Posse Mine, São José De Brejaúba, Conceição Do Mato Dentro, 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: Al Be Bi C Cr Fe H K Nb O Si V Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Bi C Cr Fe H K Nb O Si V Y 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AtelestiteBerylBismutiteClayColumbiteFeldsparKaoliniteMicaNoneQuartz
ScheeliteSpinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Beryl  (*)Bismutite  (*)Chrombismite  (*)Dukeite  (*)Hechtsbergite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pucherite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Schumacherite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1896068504286
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)9606850716
Chrombismite  (*)NoneBi16CrO2796068502
Dukeite  (*)NoneBi3+24Cr6+8O57(OH)6·3H2O96068503
Hechtsbergite  (*)AtelestiteBi2O(VO4)(OH)96068506
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)496068505591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4960685014899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)96068504924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2960685017380
Pucherite  (*)ScheeliteBi(VO4)960685053
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2960685061156
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O89606850353
Schumacherite  (*)NoneBi3O(VO4)2(OH)960685012


3 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
Cr-00022993942990U-Pb monazite  YesChrombismite, DukeiteCr387Minas Gerais, BrazilMinas GeraisGastil (1960)10.2475/ajs.258.1.1AJS258_1 
RBG30_35_0001960766863 ± 97Sm-Ndhost rockwhole rock     392Posse Mine, São José De Brejaúba, Conceição Do Mato Dentro, Minas Gerais, BrazilGoais magmatic arcPimentel (2000) RBG30_35 
RBG30_35_0002839685762 ± 77Sm-Ndhost rockwhole rock     392Posse Mine, São José De Brejaúba, Conceição Do Mato Dentro, Minas Gerais, BrazilGoais magmatic arcPimentel (2000) RBG30_35 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070441Posse Mine, São José De Brejaúba, Conceição Do Mato Dentro, Minas Gerais, Brazilhttps://rruff.info/R070441
R080137Posse Mine, São José De Brejaúba, Conceição Do Mato Dentro, Minas Gerais, Brazilhttps://rruff.info/R080137

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