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Locality Name:
Caçapava Do Sul, Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 700
Youngest recorded age at locality: 592

mindat Locality ID: 253703
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-253703.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Caçapava Do Sul, Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Minas Do Camaquã
Seival Mines

Latitude: 30°54'8"S
Longitude: 53°26'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.902222222222,-53.441944444444

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	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Malachite	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz

Albite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*

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: Ag Al Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Feldspar Malachite Mica None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz

15 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	700	592	1	28555	8803
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	700	700	2	28555,28558	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	700	592	1	28555	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	700	700	1	28555	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	700	592	1	28555	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	700	700	1	28555	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	700	700	1	28555	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	700	700	1	28555	3846
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	700	592	1	28555	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	700	592	1	28555	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	700	700	2	28555,28558	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	700	592	1	28555	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	700	592	1	28555	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	700	592	1	28555	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	700	592	1	28555	5186

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	DeepDive-Co-0061	592	592	592	Pb	Lavras-Cac¸apava granite									9537	Minas Do Camaquã, Caçapava Do Sul, Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil	Camaquã copper mine	Laux et al. (2005)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2004.11.001	OGR26_71	Lavras-Cac¸apava granite
	sedcu-00076	700	700	U. Proterozoic										Cu	9537	Minas Do Camaquã, Caçapava Do Sul, Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil	Camaquã District	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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