Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Juquiá Alkaline Carbonatite Complex, Registro, São Paulo, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 159
Youngest recorded age at locality: 126.9

mindat Locality ID: 30630
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30630.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Juquiá Alkaline Carbonatite Complex, Registro, São Paulo, Brazil": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Morro Do Serrote

Latitude: 24°24'55"S
Longitude: 47°42'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.415277777778,-47.705833333333

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	Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Mica	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Rocksalt	Spinel	Tridymite	Turquoise	Wavellite

Aegirine-augite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Crandallite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Gorceixite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Norsethite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Turquoise ()*	Wavellite ()*

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 Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Baryte Calcite Clay Corundum Mica None Pyrite Pyroxene
Rocksalt Spinel Tridymite Turquoise Wavellite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	159	126.9	0		286
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	159	126.9	0		3092
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	159	126.9	0		2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	159	126.9	1	28728	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	159	126.9	0		27770
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	159	126.9	0		310
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	159	126.9	0		9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	159	126.9	1	28728	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	159	126.9	0		24243
Gorceixite ()*	Alunite	BaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	159	126.9	0		121
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	159	126.9	0		5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	159	126.9	0		14899
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	159	126.9	0		884
Norsethite ()*	None	BaMg(CO₃)₂	159	126.9	0		30
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	159	126.9	0		2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	159	126.9	0		39462
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	159	126.9	0		484
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	159	126.9	0		374

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000460	South America carbonatite complex
Jen_0000461	South America carbonatite complex
Jen_0000771	MAGMATIC STYLE: Major intrusions and dykes. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Pyroxenite, peridotite, alkali gabbro, melteigite, ijolite, nepheline syenite, tinguaite, lamprophyre, fenite.

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Jen_0000460	126.9	126.9	126.9	K-Ar		30630	Juquiá Alkaline Carbonatite Complex, Registro, São Paulo, Brazil	Juquiá Complex	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55
Jen_0000461	159	159	159	K-Ar		30630	Juquiá Alkaline Carbonatite Complex, Registro, São Paulo, Brazil	Juquiá Complex	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55
Jen_0000771	143	143	143	K-Ar	biotite	30630	Juquiá Alkaline Carbonatite Complex, Registro, São Paulo, Brazil	Juquiá	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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