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Zircon from
Pitinga mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Zircon
Formula:Zr(SiO4)
Age information
Maximum recorded age:1833 Âą 16 Ma
Minimum recorded age:1822 Âą 7 Ma
Sample ages:
Recorded ageGeologic TimeSampleDating method
11829 Âą 3 MaOrosirian1207Pb/206Pb
21830 Âą 10 MaOrosirian1207Pb/206Pb
31833 Âą 16 MaOrosirian3207Pb/206Pb
41832 Âą 5 MaOrosirian6207Pb/206Pb
51832 Âą 4 MaOrosirian7207Pb/206Pb
61831 Âą 6 MaOrosirian8207Pb/206Pb
71822 Âą 7 MaOrosirian9207Pb/206Pb
81828 Âą 1 MaOrosirian10207Pb/206Pb
91833 Âą 3 MaOrosirian10207Pb/206Pb
Sample references:
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Costi, H. T., Dall'Agnol, R., & Moura, C. A. V. (2000) Geology and Pb-Pb geochronology of Paleoproterozoic volcanic and granitic rocks of Pitinga Province, Amazonian craton, Northern Brazil.
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Costi, H. T., Dall'Agnol, R., & Moura, C. A. V. (2000) Geology and Pb-Pb geochronology of Paleoproterozoic volcanic and granitic rocks of Pitinga Province, Amazonian craton, Northern Brazil.
33
Costi, H. T., Dall'Agnol, R., & Moura, C. A. V. (2000) Geology and Pb-Pb geochronology of Paleoproterozoic volcanic and granitic rocks of Pitinga Province, Amazonian craton, Northern Brazil.
46
Costi, H. T., Dall'Agnol, R., & Moura, C. A. V. (2000) Geology and Pb-Pb geochronology of Paleoproterozoic volcanic and granitic rocks of Pitinga Province, Amazonian craton, Northern Brazil.
57
Costi, H. T., Dall'Agnol, R., & Moura, C. A. V. (2000) Geology and Pb-Pb geochronology of Paleoproterozoic volcanic and granitic rocks of Pitinga Province, Amazonian craton, Northern Brazil.
68
Costi, H. T., Dall'Agnol, R., & Moura, C. A. V. (2000) Geology and Pb-Pb geochronology of Paleoproterozoic volcanic and granitic rocks of Pitinga Province, Amazonian craton, Northern Brazil.
79
Costi, H. T., Dall'Agnol, R., & Moura, C. A. V. (2000) Geology and Pb-Pb geochronology of Paleoproterozoic volcanic and granitic rocks of Pitinga Province, Amazonian craton, Northern Brazil.
810
Costi, H. T., Dall'Agnol, R., & Moura, C. A. V. (2000) Geology and Pb-Pb geochronology of Paleoproterozoic volcanic and granitic rocks of Pitinga Province, Amazonian craton, Northern Brazil.
910
Costi, H. T., Dall'Agnol, R., & Moura, C. A. V. (2000) Geology and Pb-Pb geochronology of Paleoproterozoic volcanic and granitic rocks of Pitinga Province, Amazonian craton, Northern Brazil.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Zircon data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pitinga mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:301169
Long-form Identifier:1:3:301169:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Zircon in this Region
Água Boa pluton, Pitinga mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil
Madeira pluton, Pitinga mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil
Nearest other occurrences of Zircon
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘÁgua Boa pluton, Pitinga mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘMadeira pluton, Pitinga mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil
References
Lenharo, Sara Lais Rahal, Pollard, Peter J, Born, Helmut (2003) Petrology and textural evolution of granites associated with tin and rare-metals mineralization at the Pitinga mine, Amazonas, Brazil. Lithos, 66 (1) 37-61 doi:10.1016/s0024-4937(02)00201-3
Ronchi, Fernanda Claas, Althoff, Fernando Jaques, Bastos Neto, Artur Cezar, Dill, Harald G (2019) Structural control of REE-pegmatites associated with the world-class Sn-Nb-Ta-cryolite deposit at the pitinga mine, amazonas, brazil [Controle estrutural dos pegmatitos ricos em etr associados ao depÃģsito madeira (Sn-nb-ta), mina pitinga, amazonas, brasil.]. Pesquisas em Geociencias 46 (2019), Nr. 1, 46 (1)
Ren, Long, Huang, Jing, Wang, Xiaoze, Yang, Shaowen, Yang, Chunhai, Zhao, Chengfeng, Wang, Lidong, Mei, Wenzhou, Deng, Mingguo, Zhou, Yunman (2024) Magmatic control on orebody distribution of porphyry-skarn gold-copper deposit: A case study of Beiya deposit from Sanjiang metallogenic belt in the southwest China. Ore Geology Reviews, 175. 106350 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2024.106350
 
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