Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Serra Do Salitre, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 90.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 74.7

mindat Locality ID: 283515
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-283515.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Serra Do Salitre, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Serra Do Salitre Carbonatite

Latitude: 19°2'3"S
Longitude: 46°46'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.034166666667,-46.780833333333

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.

Apatite	Calcite	Cancrinite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Spinel	Titanite	Tridymite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cancrinite ()*	Diopside ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Loparite-(Ce) ()*	Magnetite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Perovskite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sanidine ()*	Titanite ()*	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 C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Na Nb O P S Si Sr Th Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Calcite Cancrinite Clay Corundum Feldspar Garnet Mica None Not in a structural group
Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Spinel Titanite Tridymite Zircon

20 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	90.8	74.7	1	28091	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	90.8	74.7	1	28091	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	90.8	74.7	1	28091	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	90.8	74.7	1	28091	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	90.8	74.7	1	28091	1534
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	90.8	74.7	1	28091	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	90.8	74.7	1	28091	232
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	90.8	74.7	1	28091	4135
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	90.8	74.7	1	28091	2740
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	90.8	74.7	1	28091	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	90.8	74.7	1	28091	5433
Loparite-(Ce) ()*	Perovskite	(Na,Ce,Sr)(Ce,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂O₆	90.8	74.7	1	28091	57
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	90.8	74.7	1	28091	14899
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	90.8	74.7	1	28091	884
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	90.8	74.7	1	28091	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	90.8	74.7	1	28091	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	90.8	74.7	1	28091	39462
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	90.8	74.7	1	28091	598
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	90.8	74.7	1	28091	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	90.8	74.7	1	28091	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000681	MAGMATIC STYLE: Plugs ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Pyroxenite, olivine-bearing pyroxenite, bebedourite, nepheline syenite, peralkaline syenite, trachyte.
Jen_0000682	MAGMATIC STYLE: Plugs ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Pyroxenite, olivine-bearing pyroxenite, bebedourite, nepheline syenite, peralkaline syenite, trachyte.
Jen_0000683	MAGMATIC STYLE: Plugs ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Pyroxenite, olivine-bearing pyroxenite, bebedourite, nepheline syenite, peralkaline syenite, trachyte.
Jen_0000684	MAGMATIC STYLE: Plugs ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Pyroxenite, olivine-bearing pyroxenite, bebedourite, nepheline syenite, peralkaline syenite, trachyte.

6 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_0000681	80.7	80.7	80.7			25001	Serra Do Salitre Carbonatite, Serra Do Salitre, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Salitre	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000682	86.9	78.5	82.7±4.2	K-Ar	biotite	25001	Serra Do Salitre Carbonatite, Serra Do Salitre, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Salitre	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000683	82.7	74.7	78.7±4.0	K-Ar	biotite	25001	Serra Do Salitre Carbonatite, Serra Do Salitre, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Salitre	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000684	90.8	83.4	87.1±3.7	fission-track	apatite	25001	Serra Do Salitre Carbonatite, Serra Do Salitre, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Salitre	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
ree-00140	86.9	78.5	82.7 ± 4.2 Ma and 78.7 ± 4.0 Ma (K-Ar, bio, bebedourite)	K-Ar	biotite	25001	Serra Do Salitre Carbonatite, Serra Do Salitre, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Salitre I and II	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189
ree-00800	82.7	74.7	82.7 ± 4.2 Ma and 78.7 ± 4.0 Ma (K-Ar, bio, bebedourite)	K-Ar	biotite	25001	Serra Do Salitre Carbonatite, Serra Do Salitre, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Salitre I and II	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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