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Locality Name:
Catalão No. 2 Mine, Ouvidor, Catalão I Carbonatite Complex, Goiás, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 97.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 77

mindat Locality ID: 145963
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145963.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Catalão No. 2 Mine, Ouvidor, Catalão I Carbonatite Complex, Goiás, Brazil": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mine II Orebody

Latitude: 18°1'60"S
Longitude: 47°25'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.033333333333,-47.416666666667
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: Al Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg O P S Si Sr Ti Y Zr 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteBaddeleyiteBaryteCalciteClayCorundumDiasporeKaoliniteMicaNone
PerovskiteQuartzRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelZirconolite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Baddeleyite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Goethite  (*)Goyazite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Vermiculite  (*)Zirconolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO297.2770238
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)97.277011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)97.277027770
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)97.27707437
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)697.2770173
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O397.27705433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)497.27705591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O497.277014899
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO397.2770495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)297.27702273
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO297.277061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO297.27705614
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O97.2770652
Zirconolite  (*)Zirconolite(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)2O797.2770140


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0001139MAGMATIC STYLE: Major intrusion. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Phoscorite, glimmerite, fenite.


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Jen_000113997.27787.1±10.1fission-track apatite     145963Catalão No. 2 Mine, Ouvidor, Catalão I Carbonatite Complex, Goiás, BrazilCatalão IIWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 

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