Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Amambay Department, Paraguay

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

mindat Locality ID: 24659
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24659.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Amambay Department, Paraguay": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Cerro Chiriguelo (Cerro Corá)
Cerro Guazu
Cerro Sarambí
Cerro Tayay
Ypane

Latitude: 22°51'"S
Longitude: 55°59'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.85,-55.999722222222

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.

Analcime	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Cancrinite	Chevkinite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar
Fluorite	Garnet	Mica	None	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel
Tridymite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Analcime ()*	Andradite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Cancrinite ()*	Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Diopside ()*	Fluorite ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Lamprophyllite ()*	Loparite-(Ce) ()*	Magnetite ()*
Nepheline ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sanidine ()*
Strontianite ()*	Strontiochevkinite ()*	Tausonite ()*	Thorite ()*	Vermiculite ()*
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 C Ca Ce F Fe H K La Mg Na Nb O S Si Sr Th Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Aragonite Baryte Calcite Cancrinite Chevkinite Clay Corundum Diaspore Feldspar
Fluorite Garnet Mica None Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Spinel
Tridymite Zircon

26 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 ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	143.8	83.7	2	95813,95815	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	143.8	83.7	1	95815	286
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	143.8	83.7	1	95815	1627
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	139.2	98.6	1	95813	1534
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	139.2	98.6	1	95813	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	143.8	83.7	2	95813,95815	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	143.8	83.7	1	95815	232
Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite	CeO₂	139.2	98.6	1	95813	94
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	143.8	83.7	1	95815	4135
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	143.8	83.7	1	95815	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	139.2	98.6	1	95813	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	143.8	83.7	1	95815	14640
Lamprophyllite ()*	None	(SrNa)Ti₂Na₃Ti(Si₂O₇)₂O₂(OH)₂	143.8	83.7	1	95815	63
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	2	95813,95815	14899
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	143.8	83.7	2	95813,95815	884
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	139.2	98.6	1	95813	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	139.2	98.6	1	95813	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	143.8	83.7	2	95813,95815	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	143.8	83.7	2	95813,95815	598
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
Tausonite ()*	Perovskite	SrTiO₃	143.8	83.7	1	95815	5
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	139.2	98.6	1	95813	1006
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	1	95813	5251

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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