Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Cajati, São Paulo, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 161
Youngest recorded age at locality: 125

mindat Locality ID: 288369
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-288369.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cajati, São Paulo, Brazil": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Jacupiranga Mine

Latitude: 24°42'1"S
Longitude: 48°7'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.700277777778,-48.132222222222
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Cl Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sr Ta Ti Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AeschyniteAmphiboleAncyliteApatiteAragoniteBaddeleyiteBaryteBruciteBurbankiteCalcite
CalzirtiteCarbocernaiteChalcopyriteClayCorundumEdingtoniteFluoriteGarnetHumiteHydrotalcite
MenezesiteMicaMonaziteNatroliteNickelineNoneOlivinePerovskitePeterandresenitePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSerpentineSpinelTitaniteTochiliniteTridymiteValleriiteVesuvianite
WollastoniteZirconZirconolite

56 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Ancylite-(Ce)  (*)Andradite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Augite  (*)
Baddeleyite  (*)Baryte  (*)Barytocalcite  (*)Brucite  (*)Burbankite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Calzirtite  (*)Carbocernaite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)
Clinohumite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Edingtonite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)Geikielite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Melcherite  (*)Menezesite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Monticellite  (*)Natrolite  (*)
Nepheline  (*)Norsethite  (*)Pauloabibite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrophanite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Quintinite  (*)
Richterite  (*)Schorlomite  (*)Siderite  (*)Spinel  (*)Strontianite  (*)
Sylvite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tochilinite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Valleriite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)Vigezzite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zirconolite  (*)
Zirkelite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O61611251286931022
Ancylite-(Ce)  (*)AncyliteCeSr(CO3)2(OH)·H2O16112512869392
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31611251286931534
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1611251286933250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61611251286932060
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO2161125128693238
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)16112512869311547
Barytocalcite  (*)NoneBaCa(CO3)216112512869383
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2161125128693462
Burbankite  (*)Burbankite(Na,Ca)3(Sr,Ba,Ce)3(CO3)516112512869352
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13412812869327770
Calzirtite  (*)CalzirtiteCa2Zr5Ti2O1616112512869332
Carbocernaite  (*)Carbocernaite(Sr,Ce,La)(Ca,Na)(CO3)216112512869324
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216112512869327198
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4161125128693951
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F2161125128693236
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61611251286934135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21611251286939895
Edingtonite  (*)EdingtoniteBa(Si3Al2)O10·4H2O16112512869326
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1611251286932740
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1611251286931188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS16112512869324243
Geikielite  (*)CorundumMgTiO316112512869370
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31611251286935433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416112512869314899
Melcherite  (*)PeterandreseniteBa2Na2Mg[Nb6O19]·6H2O1611251286931
Menezesite  (*)MenezesiteBa3MgZr4Nb12O42·12H2O1611251286931
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)161125128693945
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)161125128693153
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1611251286931236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)161125128693884
Norsethite  (*)NoneBaMg(CO3)216112512869330
Pauloabibite  (*)CorundumNaNbO31611251286931
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3161125128693495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21611251286932273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216112512869339462
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO3161125128693244
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81611251286939056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216112512869361156
Quintinite  (*)HydrotalciteMg4Al2(OH)12(CO3)·3H2O1611251286938
Richterite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)Mg5Si8O22(OH)2161125128693148
Schorlomite  (*)GarnetCa3Ti2(SiFe3+2)O1216112512869354
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1611251286936417
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41611251286931934
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)161125128693589
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl161125128693275
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1611251286934899
Tochilinite  (*)Tochilinite6(Fe0.9S)·5[(Mg,Fe)(OH)2]16112512869356
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21611251286932562
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]161125128693237
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101611251286931395
Vigezzite  (*)Aeschynite(Ca,Ce)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O616112512869312
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31611251286931247
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1611251286935251
Zirconolite  (*)Zirconolite(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)2O7161125128693140
Zirkelite  (*)Fluorite(Ti,Ca,Zr)O2-x16112512869327


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000457South America carbonatite complex
Jen_0000458South America carbonatite complex
Jen_0000459South America carbonatite complex


4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Jen_0000457161125161-125K-Ar       451Jacupiranga Mine, Cajati, São Paulo, BrazilJacupiranga ComplexErnst and Bell (2010)10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1MP98_55 
Jen_0000458134128131±3Rb-Sr     Calcite 451Jacupiranga Mine, Cajati, São Paulo, BrazilJacupiranga ComplexErnst and Bell (2010)10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1MP98_55 
Jen_0000459134132134-132Ar-Ar       451Jacupiranga Mine, Cajati, São Paulo, BrazilJacupiranga ComplexErnst and Bell (2010)10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1MP98_55 
ree-00155161125125-161 Ma        451Jacupiranga Mine, Cajati, São Paulo, BrazilJacupirangaOrris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R080084Jacupiranga Mine, Cajati, São Paulo, Brazilhttps://rruff.info/R080084
R060527Jacupiranga Mine, Cajati, São Paulo, Brazilhttps://rruff.info/R060527
R060656Jacupiranga Mine, Cajati, São Paulo, Brazilhttps://rruff.info/R060656
R060979Jacupiranga Mine, Cajati, São Paulo, Brazilhttps://rruff.info/R060979
R070709Jacupiranga Mine, Cajati, São Paulo, Brazilhttps://rruff.info/R070709
R060584Jacupiranga Mine, Cajati, São Paulo, Brazilhttps://rruff.info/R060584
R120132Jacupiranga Mine, Cajati, São Paulo, Brazilhttps://rruff.info/R120132
R080083Jacupiranga Mine, Cajati, São Paulo, Brazilhttps://rruff.info/R080083

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