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:
Fazenda Varela, Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 88
Youngest recorded age at locality: 63.1

mindat Locality ID: 250780
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-250780.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fazenda Varela, Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Corundum	Feldspar	None	Parisite	Pyrite	Quartz

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 K O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Ce F Fe K Mg O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Corundum Feldspar None Parisite Pyrite Quartz

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Hematite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	88	63.1	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	88	63.1	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	88	63.1	27770
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	88	63.1	14640
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	88	63.1	2349
Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Parisite	CaCe₂(CO₃)₃F₂	88	63.1	112
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	88	63.1	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	88	63.1	61156

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
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.

5 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_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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