Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Catalão No. 1 Mine, Ouvidor, Catalão I Carbonatite Complex, Goiás, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 114
Youngest recorded age at locality: 77

mindat Locality ID: 145962
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145962.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Catalão No. 1 Mine, Ouvidor, Catalão I Carbonatite Complex, Goiás, Brazil": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
East Area Orebody

Latitude: 18°7'48"S
Longitude: 47°47'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.13,-47.799722222222

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.

Alunite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Mica	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Titanite
Tridymite	Vivianite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Anatase ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismite ()*	Calcite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gorceixite ()*
Goyazite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Nepheline ()*	Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Svanbergite ()*	Titanite ()*	Vermiculite ()*
Vivianite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sr Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Bi C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sr Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Baryte Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Kaolinite Mica Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Titanite
Tridymite Vivianite Zircon

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	114	78.7	1022
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	114	78.7	2162
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	114	78.7	11547
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	114	78.7	214
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	114	78.7	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	114	78.7	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	114	78.7	9617
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	114	78.7	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	114	78.7	7437
Gorceixite ()*	Alunite	BaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	114	78.7	121
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	114	78.7	173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	114	78.7	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	114	78.7	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	114	78.7	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	114	78.7	14899
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	114	78.7	884
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	114	78.7	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	114	78.7	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	114	78.7	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	114	78.7	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	114	78.7	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	114	78.7	61156
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	114	78.7	105
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	114	78.7	4899
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	114	78.7	652
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	114	78.7	636
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	114	78.7	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000689	MAGMATIC STYLE: Major intrusion and veins. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Pyroxenite, serpentinized peridotite, glimmerite, nepheline syenite, fenite, silexite.
Jen_0000690	MAGMATIC STYLE: Major intrusion and veins. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Pyroxenite, serpentinized peridotite, glimmerite, nepheline syenite, fenite, silexite.
Jen_0001139	MAGMATIC STYLE: Major intrusion. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Phoscorite, glimmerite, fenite.

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Age from other Locality	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Jen_0000689	87.1	78.7	82.9±4.2	K-Ar			145962	Catalão No. 1 Mine, Ouvidor, Catalão I Carbonatite Complex, Goiás, Brazil	Catalao I	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000690	114	114	114	Fission Track	apatite		145962	Catalão No. 1 Mine, Ouvidor, Catalão I Carbonatite Complex, Goiás, Brazil	Catalao I	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0001139	97.2	77	87.1±10.1	fission-track	apatite	Yes	145963	Catalão No. 2 Mine, Ouvidor, Catalão I Carbonatite Complex, Goiás, Brazil	Catalão II	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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