Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Urubu Mine, Monte Belo, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil

mindat Locality ID: 7723
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7723.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Urubu Mine, Monte Belo, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 16°42'45"S
Longitude: 41°53'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -16.7125,-41.886111111111

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.

Analcime	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Clay	Feldspar	Mica	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Elbaite ()*
Fluor-elbaite ()*	Microcline ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Montebrasite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Petalite ()*	Pollucite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rankamaite ()*	Simpsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spodumene ()*	Thoreaulite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*

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 Ce Cs F Fe H K Li Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Ta Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Be Ce Cs F Fe H K Li Na Nb O P S Si Sn Ta Y Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Arsenopyrite Beryl Clay Feldspar Mica Monazite None Not in a structural group Pyroxene
Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Tourmaline Zircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	520
Fluor-elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Li_1.5Al_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	31
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	945
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	200
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Petalite ()*	Not in a structural group	LiAlSi₄O₁₀	124
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	140
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rankamaite ()*	None	(Na,K)₃(Ta,Nb,Al)₁₁(O,OH)₃₁	5
Simpsonite ()*	None	Al₄Ta₃O₁₃(OH)	16
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	688
Thoreaulite ()*	None	Sn²⁺Ta₂O₆	9
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	939

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050625	Urubu Mine, Monte Belo, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil	https://rruff.info/R050625

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