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Locality Name:
Buraco Do Ouro Mine, Cavalcante, Goiás, Brazil


mindat Locality ID: 69699
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-69699.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Buraco Do Ouro Mine, Cavalcante, Goiás, Brazil": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 13°47'45"S
Longitude: 47°27'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -13.795833333333,-47.459722222222
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 Al As Au Bi C Cu Fe H K O Pb Pd Pt S Sb Se Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Cu Fe H K O Pb Pd Pt S Sb Se Si U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteClayCopperFluoriteIsomertieiteMarcasiteMicaNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSpinelStibniteStillwateriteTetradymiteUllmannite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Bohdanowiczite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Ferroselite  (*)Gold  (*)
Graphite  (*)Guanajuatite  (*)Isomertieite  (*)Kalungaite  (*)Krut'aite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Mertieite-II  (*)Muscovite  (*)Padmaite  (*)Paraguanajuatite  (*)
Platinum  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Stibiopalladinite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bohdanowiczite  (*)NoneAgBiSe2041
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe0281
Ferroselite  (*)MarcasiteFeSe2051
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Guanajuatite  (*)StibniteBi2Se3037
Isomertieite  (*)IsomertieitePd11Sb2As2048
Kalungaite  (*)UllmannitePdAsSe01
Krut'aite  (*)PyriteCuSe2012
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Mertieite-II  (*)StillwateritePd8Sb2.5As0.5044
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Padmaite  (*)NonePdBiSe03
Paraguanajuatite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Se309
Platinum  (*)CopperPt0485
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs20337
Stibiopalladinite  (*)NonePd5Sb2075
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718


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