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Quartz from
Madeira pluton, Pitinga mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil


Locality type:Pluton
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Madeira pluton, Pitinga mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:668282
Long-form Identifier:1:3:668282:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘÁgua Boa pluton, Pitinga mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘPitinga mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil
6.1km (3.8 miles) ⓘIricoumÃĐ bauxite occurrence, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil
42.1km (26.2 miles) ⓘMapuera bauxite occurrence, Amazonas, Brazil
87.1km (54.1 miles) ⓘProsperança bauxite occurrence, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil
References
Horbe, A. M. C., & da Costa, M. L. (1999). Geochemical evolution of a lateritic Sn–Zr–Th–Nb–Y–REE-bearing ore body derived from apogranite: the case of Pitinga, Amazonas—Brazil. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 66(1), 339-351.
Sighnolfi, G., Costi, H. T., Horbe, A. M. C., Borges, R. M. K., Dall'agnol, R., & Rossi, A. (2008). Mineral chemistry of cassiterites from Pitinga Province, Amozonian Craton, Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Geology, 30(4), 775-782
Bastos Neto, A. C., Pereira, V. P., Ronchi, L. H., de Lima, E. F., Frantz, J. C. (2009) THE WORLD-CLASS Sn, Nb, Ta, F (Y, REE, Li) DEPOSIT AND THE MASSIVE CRYOLITE ASSOCIATED WITH THE ALBITE-ENRICHED FACIES OF THE MADEIRA A-TYPE GRANITE, PITINGA MINING DISTRICT, AMAZONAS STATE, BRAZIL. The Canadian Mineralogist, 47 (6) 1329-1357 doi:10.3749/canmin.47.6.1329
Borges, R. M. K., Amorim, L. E. D., Rios, F. J., Santos, G. C. S. D., Freitas, M. E., Lima, T. A. F. D., ... & Pedrosa, T. A. (2022). Melt-melt immiscibility and implications for the origin of Madeira albite-rich granite, Pitinga mine, Amazonas, Brazil: A melt inclusion study. Brazilian Journal of Geology, 51.
Breiter, Karel, KynickÃ―, Jindřich, KorbelovÃĄ, Zuzana (2024) Chemical and Textural Peculiarities of Zircon from Peralkaline Granites and Quartz-Bearing Syenites. Minerals, 14 (2) doi:10.3390/min14020187
Hadlich, Ingrid W., Bastos Neto, Artur C., Pereira, Vitor P., Dill, Harald G., Botelho, Nilson F. (2024) The Radioactive Rare Metal Mineralization in the World-Class Sn-Nb-Ta-U-Th-REE-Deposit Madeira (Pitinga, Amazonas State, Brazil): With Special Reference to the Complex Alteration of Pyrochlore-Group Minerals. Minerals, 14 (9). doi:10.3390/min14090895
Breiter, Karel, Costi, Hilton Tulio, KorbelovÃĄ, Zuzana (2024) Pyrochlore-Supergroup Minerals and Their Relation to Columbite-Group Minerals in Peralkaline to Subaluminous A-Type Rare-Metal Granites with Special Emphasis on the Madeira Pluton, Amazonas, Brazil. Minerals, 14 (12). doi:10.3390/min14121302
Hadlich, Ingrid W.; Neto, Artur C. Bastos; Pereira, Vitor P.; Dill, Harald G.; Botelho, Nilson F. (2025) The Diversity of Rare-Metal Pegmatites Associated with Albite-Enriched Granite in the World-Class Madeira Sn-Nb-Ta-Cryolite Deposit, Amazonas, Brazil: A Complex Magmatic-Hydrothermal Transition. Minerals, 15 (6). doi:10.3390/min15060559
Bastos Neto, Artur C.; Hadlich, Ingrid W.; Dill, Harald G.; Pereira, Vitor P. (2026) REE Mineralogical Evolution in a F-Rich Peralkaline System: A Review on the REE Mineralization Associated with the Madeira Sn-Nb-Ta-Cryolite (REE, U, Th, Zr, Li) Deposit (Amazonas, Brazil). Minerals, 16 (4). p.417. doi:10.3390/min16040417
 
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