Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Santa Catarina, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 63.1

mindat Locality ID: 24563
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24563.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Santa Catarina, Brazil": 35
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 21
Child Localities:
Água Doce
Anchieta
Anitápolis
Blumenau
Campos Novos
Criciúma
Herval D'Oeste
Ibiam
Ibicaré
Lages
Mafra
Morro Da Fumaça
Nova Trento
Rio Fortuna
São Francisco Do Sul
SC 453 Road
Tangará
Treze Tílias
Tubarão
Urussanga
Xanxerê

Latitude: 27°31'54"S
Longitude: 50°4'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.531666666667,-50.081388888889

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.

Alstonite	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Apophyllite	Astrophyllite	Auricupride	Baddeleyite	Barringerite
Baryte	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Catapleiite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum
Diaspore	Eudialyte	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Hydrotalcite	Iron	Lepidocrocite	Mica	Mordenite
Natrolite	Neptunite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Parisite	Pectolite	Pentlandite	Perovskite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sodalite	Spinel	Stilbite	Sulphur	Titanite
Tridymite	Vivianite	Woodwardite	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 Au Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Li Mg Mn Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Si Ta Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe Ni

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alstonite Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Apophyllite Astrophyllite Auricupride Baddeleyite Barringerite
Baryte Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Catapleiite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Copper Coronadite Corundum
Diaspore Eudialyte Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Hydrotalcite Iron Lepidocrocite Mica Mordenite
Natrolite Neptunite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Parisite Pectolite Pentlandite Perovskite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sodalite Spinel Stilbite Sulphur Titanite
Tridymite Vivianite Woodwardite Wöhlerite Zircon

86 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Akaganeite ()*	Albite ()*	Alstonite ()*	Analcime ()*
Andradite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Artsmithite ()*	Arupite ()*	Astrophyllite ()*
Augite ()*	Awaruite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Barringerite ()*	Baryte ()*
Böhmite ()*	Calcite ()*	Catapleiite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Cryolite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Eudialyte ()*
Fayalite ()*	Fersmite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gorceixite ()*
Halite ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Hematite ()*	Honessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Iron ()*	Kaersutite ()*	Kalsilite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Låvenite ()*
Leucite ()*	Lithiophorite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Monticellite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Murmanite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Neptunite ()*	Nordstrandite ()*	Nosean ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pargasite ()*	Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Pectolite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Perovskite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Reevesite ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Scolecite ()*	Serandite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sodalite ()*	Stellerite ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*	Sulphur ()*	Taenite ()*
Tetraferriphlogopite ()*	Tetrataenite ()*	Titanite ()*	Troilite ()*	Ulvöspinel ()*
Zircon ()*

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	88	63.1	1	28655	1022
Akaganeite ()*	Coronadite	(Fe³⁺,Ni²⁺)₈(OH,O)₁₆Cl_1.25·nH₂O			1	28668	63
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	88	63.1	1	28655	8803
Alstonite ()*	Alstonite	BaCa(CO₃)₂	145	100	1	28647	24
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	88	63.1	5	28643,28645,28655,28671,28673	1627
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	88	63.1	1	28655	1534
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	145	63.1	3	28647,28655,28656	3092
Artsmithite ()*	None	Hg¹⁺₄Al(PO₄)_1.74(OH)_1.78			1	28668	2
Arupite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	28668	2
Astrophyllite ()*	Astrophyllite	K₂NaFe²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F	88	63.1	1	28655	161
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	145	63.1	2	28647,28655	2060
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	145	63.1	0		166
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	145	100	1	28647	238
Barringerite ()*	Barringerite	(Fe,Ni)₂P			1	28668	22
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	88	63.1	3	28655,28656,28665	11547
Böhmite ()*	Lepidocrocite	AlO(OH)	88	63.1	1	28655	195
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	145	63.1	11	28643,28645,28647,28650,28653,28655,28656,28670,28671,28673,28676	27770
Catapleiite ()*	Catapleiite	Na₂Zr(Si₃O₉)·2H₂O	88	63.1	1	28655	113
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			2	28645,28650	309
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	28650	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	28658	3902
Cryolite ()*	Perovskite	Na₂NaAlF₆	88	63.1	1	28655	50
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	145	63.1	2	28647,28655	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	145	63.1	2	28647,28655	9895
Eudialyte ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₅Ca₆Fe₃Zr₃Si(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(Cl,OH)₂	88	63.1	1	28655	182
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)			1	28668	371
Fersmite ()*	Columbite	CaNb₂O₆	145	100	1	28647	83
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O			1	28650	303
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	88	63.1	7	28651,28655,28660,28661,28665,28674,28675	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	88	63.1	2	28655,28658	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	145	100	1	28647	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	88	63.1	1	28655	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	88	63.1	2	28655,28668	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	28649	30554
Gorceixite ()*	Alunite	BaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆			1	28665	121
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl			1	28665	1398
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂			1	28668	205
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	88	63.1	3	28655,28656,28668	14640
Honessite ()*	Woodwardite Hydrotalcite	(Ni_1-xFe³⁺_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)			1	28668	25
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	88	63.1	2	28655,28658	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			1	28668	1089
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂	88	63.1	1	28655	179
Kalsilite ()*	None	KAlSiO₄	88	63.1	1	28655	49
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O			3	28650,28653,28673	1271
Låvenite ()*	Wöhlerite	(Na,Ca)₄(Mn²⁺,Fe²⁺)₂(Zr,Ti,Nb)₂(Si₂O₇)₂(O,F)₄	88	63.1	1	28655	58
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	88	63.1	1	28655	233
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	88	63.1	1	28655	210
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	145	63.1	3	28647,28655,28668	14899
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O			2	28653,28673	425
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	88	63.1	1	28655	153
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			2	28654,28670	1508
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O			4	28652,28670,28672,28673	405
Murmanite ()*	None	Na₂Ti₂Na₂Ti₂(Si₂O₇)₂O₄(H₂O)₄	88	63.1	1	28655	24
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	88	63.1	3	28655,28671,28672	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	145	63.1	2	28647,28655	884
Neptunite ()*	Neptunite	KNa₂LiFe²⁺₂Ti₂Si₈O₂₄	88	63.1	1	28655	49
Nordstrandite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	88	63.1	1	28655	64
Nosean ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₈(Si₆Al₆)O₂₄(SO₄)·H₂O	88	63.1	1	28655	75
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	28672	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	145	63.1	3	28647,28655,28656	2349
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	88	63.1	1	28655	313
Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Parisite	CaCe₂(CO₃)₃F₂	88	63.1	1	28656	112
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	88	63.1	1	28655	363
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	28668	1512
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	88	63.1	1	28655	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	145	63.1	2	28647,28655	2273
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	88	63.1	1	28655	303
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	63.1	6	28645,28647,28650,28655,28656,28665	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	145	100	1	28647	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	145	63.1	12	28642,28647,28650,28652,28655,28656,28660,28663,28665,28672,28673,28676	61156
Reevesite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ni₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O			1	28668	48
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P			1	28668	374
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O			1	28650	390
Serandite ()*	Pectolite	NaMn²⁺₂Si₃O₈(OH)	88	63.1	1	28655	38
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	28665	6417
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	88	63.1	1	28655	444
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O			3	28650,28654,28673	189
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O			1	28650	268
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	28668	2045
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)			1	28668	703
Tetraferriphlogopite ()*	Mica	KMg₃(Si₃Fe³⁺)O₁₀(OH)₂	145	63.1	2	28647,28655	27
Tetrataenite ()*	None	FeNi			1	28668	116
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	145	63.1	2	28647,28655	4899
Troilite ()*	None	FeS			2	28658,28668	1044
Ulvöspinel ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺₂TiO₄	88	63.1	1	28655	120
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	88	63.1	1	28655	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000439	South America carbonatite complex
Jen_0000440	South America carbonatite complex
Jen_0000441	South America carbonatite complex
Jen_0000442	South America carbonatite complex
Jen_0000675	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes and veins. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nepheline syenite, analcime trachyte, phonolite, olivine melilitite, nephelinite, melteigite, fenite.
Jen_0000676	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes and veins. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nepheline syenite, analcime trachyte, phonolite, olivine melilitite, nephelinite, melteigite, fenite.
Jen_0000677	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes and veins. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nepheline syenite, analcime trachyte, phonolite, olivine melilitite, nephelinite, melteigite, fenite.
Jen_0000678	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes and veins. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nepheline syenite, analcime trachyte, phonolite, olivine melilitite, nephelinite, melteigite, fenite.
Jen_0000679	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes and veins. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nepheline syenite, analcime trachyte, phonolite, olivine melilitite, nephelinite, melteigite, fenite.
Jen_0000727	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes and veins. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Biotite pyroxenite, melteigite, ijolite, nepheline syenite, phoscorite and fenite.

11 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_0000439	104.7	104.7	104.7	K-Ar	tinguaite	287014	Anitápolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Anitápolis Complex	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55
Jen_0000440	129.2	129.2	129.2	K-Ar	biotite	287014	Anitápolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Anitápolis Complex	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55
Jen_0000441	127.5	127.5	127.5	K-Ar	biotite	287014	Anitápolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Anitápolis Complex	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55
Jen_0000442	131	131	131	K-Ar		287014	Anitápolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Anitápolis Complex	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55
Jen_0000727	113.1	113.1	113.1			9876	Anitápolis Mine, Anitápolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Anitapolis	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
ree-00142	145	100	Early Cretaceous			9876	Anitápolis Mine, Anitápolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Anitápolis	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189
Jen_0000675	76	76	76	K-Ar		250780	Fazenda Varela, Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Lages	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000676	63.1	63.1	63.1	K-Ar		250780	Fazenda Varela, Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Lages	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000677	66.7	66.7	66.7	K-Ar		250780	Fazenda Varela, Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Lages	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000678	65.1	65.1	65.1	K-Ar		250780	Fazenda Varela, Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Lages	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000679	88	76	82±6	Rb-Sr	whole rock	250780	Fazenda Varela, Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Lages	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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