Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Paraguay

Oldest recorded age at locality: 143.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 83.7

mindat Locality ID: 23802
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23802.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Paraguay": 70
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 52

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Alto Paraguay Department
Alto Paraná Department
Amambay Department
Asunción Department
Boquerón Department
Caaguazú Department
Caazapá Department
Canindeyú Department
Central
Concepción Department
Cordillera Department
Guairá Department
Itapúa Department
Misiones Department
Ñeembucú Department
Paraguarí Department
Presidente Hayes Department
San Pedro Department

Latitude: 24°31'14"S
Longitude: 57°3'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.520555555556,-57.063333333333

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Aragonite	Baryte	Beryl	Burbankite	Calcite	Cancrinite	Cancrinite-sodalite
Catapleiite	Chalcopyrite	Chevkinite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Cordylite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote
Eudialyte	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Natrolite	None
Not in a structural group	Olivine	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sapphirine	Smectite-vermiculite
Sodalite	Spinel	Talc	Titanite	Tridymite	Wöhlerite	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 Be C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mn Na Nb O Pb S Si Sr Th Ti U Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Aragonite Baryte Beryl Burbankite Calcite Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite
Catapleiite Chalcopyrite Chevkinite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Cordylite Corundum Diaspore Epidote
Eudialyte Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica Natrolite None
Not in a structural group Olivine Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sapphirine Smectite-vermiculite
Sodalite Spinel Talc Titanite Tridymite Wöhlerite Zircon

77 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Aenigmatite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*
Andradite ()*	Annite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Augite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Burbankite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cancrinite ()*	Catapleiite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Copper ()*	Cordylite-(Ce) ()*	Cordylite-(La) ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Eudialyte ()*	Ferro-katophorite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Galgenbergite-(Ce) ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hastingsite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaersutite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Katophorite ()*	Lamprophyllite ()*	Låvenite ()*	Leucite ()*
Loparite-(Ce) ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Nosean ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pargasite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrophanite ()*
Quartz ()*	Richterite ()*	Rosenbuschite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sanidine ()*
Sodalite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Strontiochevkinite ()*	Talc ()*	Tausonite ()*
Thorianite ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Vermiculite ()*
Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	143.8	83.7	4	95807,95813,95815,95871	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	143.8	83.7	5	95807,95815,95846,95855,95871	286
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]			1	95807	133
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			7	95808,95843,95846,95849,95860,95864,95869	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	143.8	83.7	4	95815,95827,95855,95865	1627
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	139.2	98.6	1	95813	1534
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	95807	356
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)			2	95865,95871	1036
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	95807	295
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			3	95807,95821,95855	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	95857	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	139.2	98.6	2	95808,95813	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			1	95845	4286
Burbankite ()*	Burbankite	(Na,Ca)₃(Sr,Ba,Ce)₃(CO₃)₅			1	95807	52
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	143.8	83.7	6	95813,95815,95848,95850,95871,95873	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	143.8	83.7	2	95807,95815	232
Catapleiite ()*	Catapleiite	Na₂Zr(Si₃O₉)·2H₂O			1	95807	113
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	95828	309
Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite	CeO₂	139.2	98.6	1	95813	94
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	95848	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	95860	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	95857	3846
Cordylite-(Ce) ()*	Cordylite	(Na,Ca, )BaCe₂(CO₃)₄(F,O)			1	95807	15
Cordylite-(La) ()*	Cordylite	NaCaBa₂La₃Sr(CO₃)₈F₂			1	95807	2
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	143.8	83.7	3	95815,95861,95865	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			2	95848,95871	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			4	95849,95861,95868,95869	8173
Eudialyte ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₅Ca₆Fe₃Zr₃Si(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(Cl,OH)₂			1	95807	182
Ferro-katophorite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	95855	38
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	143.8	83.7	1	95815	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	95828	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	95859	24243
Galgenbergite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe₂(CO₃)₄·H₂O			1	95807	5
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	139.2	98.6	1	95813	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	95859	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	95822	6890
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	95871	209
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	143.8	83.7	4	95815,95859,95868,95869	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			2	95807,95855	5433
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂			1	95871	179
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	95842	5591
Katophorite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	95807	46
Lamprophyllite ()*	None	(SrNa)Ti₂Na₃Ti(Si₂O₇)₂O₂(OH)₂	143.8	83.7	1	95815	63
Låvenite ()*	Wöhlerite	(Na,Ca)₄(Mn²⁺,Fe²⁺)₂(Zr,Ti,Nb)₂(Si₂O₇)₂(O,F)₄			1	95807	58
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)			1	95871	233
Loparite-(Ce) ()*	Perovskite	(Na,Ce,Sr)(Ce,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂O₆	143.8	83.7	2	95813,95815	57
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	143.8	83.7	18	95807,95813,95815,95829,95831,95832,95833,95834,95835,95838,95840,95846,95849,95855,95859,95865,95868,95871	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			2	95857,95870	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			2	95849,95861	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			3	95843,95845,95859	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O			3	95828,95838,95855	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	143.8	83.7	18	95807,95809,95810,95813,95815,95821,95829,95831,95832,95833,95834,95835,95838,95840,95855,95864,95865,95871	884
Nosean ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₈(Si₆Al₆)O₂₄(SO₄)·H₂O			1	95846	75
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	95830	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			3	95846,95855,95860	2349
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	95871	313
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	139.2	98.6	1	95813	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	139.2	98.6	2	95813,95869	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	95853	3106
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃			1	95807	244
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	143.8	83.7	16	95808,95813,95815,95830,95842,95843,95845,95848,95849,95859,95860,95861,95867,95868,95869,95872	61156
Richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	95807	148
Rosenbuschite ()*	None	Ca₆Zr₂Na₆ZrTi(Si₂O₇)₄(OF)₂F₄			1	95807	42
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			2	95842,95859	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	143.8	83.7	3	95813,95815,95855	598
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl			1	95807	444
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	139.2	98.6	1	95813	589
Strontiochevkinite ()*	Chevkinite	(Sr,Ce,La)₄Fe²⁺(Ti,Zr)₄O₈(Si₂O₇)₂	143.8	83.7	1	95815	3
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	95860	3337
Tausonite ()*	Perovskite	SrTiO₃	143.8	83.7	1	95815	5
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂			1	95807	236
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	139.2	98.6	2	95807,95813	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			3	95807,95849,95855	4899
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	95807	2718
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	143.8	83.7	1	95815	652
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	139.2	98.6	3	95807,95813,95864	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	95869	1025

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000445	South America carbonatite complex
Jen_0000446	South America carbonatite complex
Jen_0000447	South America carbonatite complex
Jen_0000448	South America carbonatite complex
Jen_0000449	South America carbonatite complex
Jen_0000450	South America carbonatite complex
Jen_0000709	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes and veins. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Pyroxenite, nepheline syenite, trachyte, phonolite, K-fenite.

8 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_0000448	133	123	128±5	K-Ar	biotite	15890	Cerro Chiriguelo (Cerro Corá), Amambay Department, Paraguay	Chiriguelo Complex	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55
Jen_0000449	138.6	112.8	125.7±12.9	Fission Track	apatite	15890	Cerro Chiriguelo (Cerro Corá), Amambay Department, Paraguay	Chiriguelo Complex	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55
Jen_0000450	139.2	98.6	118.9±20.3	Fission Track	apatite	15890	Cerro Chiriguelo (Cerro Corá), Amambay Department, Paraguay	Chiriguelo Complex	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55
ree-00510	133	123	128 ± 5 Ma (K-Ar, bio, sovite)	K-Ar	biotite	15890	Cerro Chiriguelo (Cerro Corá), Amambay Department, Paraguay	Chiriguelo	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189
Jen_0000445	113.6	108	110.8±2.8	Fission Track	apatite	11167	Cerro Sarambí, Amambay Department, Paraguay	Cerro Sarambi Complex	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55
Jen_0000446	88.9	83.7	86.3±2.6	Fission Track	apatite	11167	Cerro Sarambí, Amambay Department, Paraguay	Cerro Sarambi Complex	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55
Jen_0000447	143.8	142	142.9±0.9			11167	Cerro Sarambí, Amambay Department, Paraguay	Cerro Sarambi Complex	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55
Jen_0000709	98	98	98			11167	Cerro Sarambí, Amambay Department, Paraguay	Cerro Sarambi	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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