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:
Cerro Azul, Paraná, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 67
Youngest recorded age at locality: 65.6

mindat Locality ID: 285790
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-285790.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cerro Azul, Paraná, Brazil": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mato Preto Carbonatite Complex

Latitude: 24°45'"S
Longitude: 49°12'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.75,-49.2

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	Fluorite	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt

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: Ba Ca F Fe O Pb S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Fluorite None Pyrite Rocksalt

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Pyrite ()*

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
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	67	65.6	1	28346	11547
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	67	65.6	1	28346	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	67	65.6	1	28346	24243
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	67	65.6	1	28346	39462

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000661	MAGMATIC STYLE: Irregular intrusions. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Ijolite, nepheline syenite, phonolite, tuff, breccia, fenite.
Jen_0000662	MAGMATIC STYLE: Irregular intrusions. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Ijolite, nepheline syenite, phonolite, tuff, breccia, fenite.
Jen_0000663	MAGMATIC STYLE: Irregular intrusions. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Ijolite, nepheline syenite, phonolite, tuff, breccia, fenite.

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Jen_0000661	66.3	66.3	66.3	K-Ar	158012	Mato Preto Carbonatite Complex, Cerro Azul, Paraná, Brazil	Mato Preto	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000662	65.6	65.6	65.6	K-Ar	158012	Mato Preto Carbonatite Complex, Cerro Azul, Paraná, Brazil	Mato Preto	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000663	67	67	67	K-Ar	158012	Mato Preto Carbonatite Complex, Cerro Azul, Paraná, Brazil	Mato Preto	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
ree-00139	67	65.6	65.6 and 67.0 Ma (K-Ar, phonolite)	K-Ar	158012	Mato Preto Carbonatite Complex, Cerro Azul, Paraná, Brazil	Mato Preto	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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