Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sapo Mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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

mindat Locality ID: 4635
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4635.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sapo Mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 18°55'54"S
Longitude: 41°16'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.931666666667,-41.281944444444

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.

Apatite	Arseniosiderite	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Clay	Dufrénite	Fairfieldite	Feldspar	Gadolinite	Hureaulite
Lazulite	Leucophosphite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Tourmaline	Vivianite

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Barbosalite ()*	Beryl ()*	Dufrénite ()*
Elbaite ()*	Fairfieldite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Hureaulite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*
Hydroxylherderite ()*	Leucophosphite ()*	Microcline ()*	Mitridatite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Vivianite ()*

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 B Be Ca F Fe H K Li Mn Na O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Be Ca F Fe H K Li Mn Na O P S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Arseniosiderite Arsenopyrite Beryl Clay Dufrénite Fairfieldite Feldspar Gadolinite Hureaulite
Lazulite Leucophosphite Mica None Pyrite Quartz Tourmaline Vivianite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	630	490	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	630	490	9052
Barbosalite ()*	Lazulite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	630	490	43
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	630	490	4286
Dufrénite ()*	Dufrénite	Ca_0.5Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₅(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O	630	490	139
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	630	490	520
Fairfieldite ()*	Fairfieldite	Ca₂Mn²⁺(PO₄)₂·2H₂O	630	490	72
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	630	490	2740
Hureaulite ()*	Hureaulite	Mn²⁺₅(PO₃OH)₂(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	630	490	125
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	630	490	367
Hydroxylherderite ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe(PO₄)(OH)	630	490	119
Leucophosphite ()*	Leucophosphite	KFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)·2H₂O	630	490	110
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	630	490	4924
Mitridatite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(PO₄)₃·3H₂O	630	490	129
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	630	490	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	630	490	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	630	490	61156
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	630	490	636

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	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
	Alexandra-0368	630	490	630–490		Age of pegmatite					Yes				280018	Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Conselheiro Pena	Scholz et al. (2014)	10.2138/am.2014.4695	AM99_607	formed during the Brasiliano orogeny

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R100225	Sapo Mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil	https://rruff.info/R100225

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