Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2660.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 463

mindat Locality ID: 403
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-403.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Belmont Mine
Cauê Mine
Chacrinha Mine
Conceição Mine
Dois Córregos Mine
Esmeril Mine
Morro Agudo Mine (Água Limpa Mine)
Periquito Mine
Piteiras Mine
Rocha Mineração Mine

Latitude: 19°38'31"S
Longitude: 43°11'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.641944444444,-43.194722222222

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.

Amphibole	Barringerite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar
Fluorite	Garnet	Isomertieite	Jacutingaite	Kaolinite	Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Stillwaterite	Talc
Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopalladinite ()*
Atheneite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*
Chrysoberyl ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cordierite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hongshiite ()*	Isomertieite ()*
Jacutingaite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Palladinite ()*	Palladium ()*	Palladseite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Platinum ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Sudovikovite ()*
Talc ()*	Tetra-auricupride ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Ba Be C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na O Pb Pd Pt S Sb Se Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe Mg O Pd Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Barringerite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chlorite Clay Copper Corundum Feldspar
Fluorite Garnet Isomertieite Jacutingaite Kaolinite Melonite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group
Olivine Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Stillwaterite Talc
Titanite

43 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	800	463	1	27769	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	583	463	1	27777	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2660.9	2648.3	0		2353
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	800	463	1	27772	3092
Arsenopalladinite ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈As₃	2660.9	463	2	27770,27772	31
Atheneite ()*	Barringerite	Pd₂(As_0.75Hg_0.25)	2660.9	2648.3	1	27770	15
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2660.9	463	2	27770,27775	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	800	463	3	27769,27777,27778	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	800	463	1	27775	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	800	463	2	27769,27777	3902
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	800	463	1	27769	321
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	583	463	1	27777	1756
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	2660.9	463	0		1008
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	800	463	1	27775	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	583	463	1	27777	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	800	463	1	27775	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2660.9	463	2	27770,27772	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2660.9	463	7	27770,27771,27772,27773,27774,27775,27776	14640
Hongshiite ()*	None	PtCu	2660.9	463	2	27770,27772	27
Isomertieite ()*	Isomertieite	Pd₁₁Sb₂As₂	2660.9	2648.3	1	27770	48
Jacutingaite ()*	Jacutingaite	Pt₂HgSe₃	2660.9	2648.3	1	27770	1
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2660.9	463	2	27770,27772	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	583	463	2	27777,27778	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2660.9	463	2	27770,27772	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	583	463	1	27777	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	800	463	1	27769	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	583	463	4	27769,27772,27777,27778	17380
Palladinite ()*	None	PdO	2660.9	463	0		6
Palladium ()*	Copper	Pd	2660.9	463	2	27770,27772	59
Palladseite ()*	None	Pd₁₇Se₁₅	2660.9	2648.3	1	27770	6
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2660.9	463	3	27769,27770,27777	2273
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	2660.9	2648.3	1	27770	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	800	463	2	27769,27775	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2660.9	463	6	27769,27770,27772,27775,27777,27778	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2660.9	463	0		5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	583	463	2	27777,27778	1516
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	2660.9	2648.3	1	27770	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	800	463	1	27775	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	583	463	2	27777,27778	978
Sudovikovite ()*	Melonite	PtSe₂	2660.9	2648.3	1	27770	3
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2660.9	463	2	27770,27777	3337
Tetra-auricupride ()*	None	CuAu	2660.9	2648.3	1	27770	30
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	583	569	1	27777	4899

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	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
Hg-00005	800	600		Structure				Atheneite	Hg	403	Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brazil		Cabral et al. (2002)	10.1180/0026461026620033	MM66_327
PR204_40-00001	2660.9	2648.3	2654.6±6.3	U-Pb		zircon	Zircon		Fe	16960	Cauê Mine, Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Cauê mine	Cabral et al. (2012)	10.1016/j.precamres.2012.02.006	PR204_40
Alexandra-0369	583	569	576 ± 7	U–Pb	Age of metamorphism	titanite	Titanite	Phlogopite		42760	Piteiras Mine, Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Piteiras mine	Jordt-Evangelista et al. (2016)	10.1590/2317-4889201620150074	BJG46_427	titanite growth during medium-grade metamorphism
JSAES14_867_0001	491	463	477 ± 14	Rb-Sr	host rock	biotite				42760	Piteiras Mine, Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Itabira, Iron Quadrangle	Preinfalk (2002)		JSAES14_867
JSAES16_493_0001	502	494	498 ± 4	K-Ar	host rock	muscovite	Muscovite			191896	Rocha Mineração Mine, Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Itabira, Iron Quadrangle	Viana (2003)		JSAES16_493

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R110013	Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brazil	https://rruff.info/R110013

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