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Locality Name:
Juquiá Alkaline Carbonatite Complex, Registro, São Paulo, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 159
Youngest recorded age at locality: 126.9

mindat Locality ID: 30630
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30630.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Juquiá Alkaline Carbonatite Complex, Registro, São Paulo, Brazil": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Morro Do Serrote

Latitude: 24°24'55"S
Longitude: 47°42'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.415277777778,-47.705833333333

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 Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteBaryteCalciteClayCorundumMicaNonePyritePyroxene
RocksaltSpinelTridymiteTurquoiseWavellite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine-augite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Crandallite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Gorceixite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Norsethite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Turquoise  (*)Wavellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O6159126.90286
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2159126.903092
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6159126.902060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)159126.912872811547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)159126.9027770
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6159126.90310
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2159126.909895
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F159126.91287282740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS159126.9024243
Gorceixite  (*)AluniteBaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6159126.90121
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3159126.905433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4159126.9014899
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)159126.90884
Norsethite  (*)NoneBaMg(CO3)2159126.9030
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2159126.902273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2159126.9039462
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O159126.90484
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O159126.90374



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000460South America carbonatite complex
Jen_0000461South America carbonatite complex
Jen_0000771MAGMATIC STYLE: Major intrusions and dykes. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Pyroxenite, peridotite, alkali gabbro, melteigite, ijolite, nepheline syenite, tinguaite, lamprophyre, fenite.


3 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_0000460126.9126.9126.9K-Ar       30630Juquiá Alkaline Carbonatite Complex, Registro, São Paulo, BrazilJuquiá ComplexErnst and Bell (2010)10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1MP98_55 
Jen_0000461159159159K-Ar       30630Juquiá Alkaline Carbonatite Complex, Registro, São Paulo, BrazilJuquiá ComplexErnst and Bell (2010)10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1MP98_55 
Jen_0000771143143143K-Ar biotite     30630Juquiá Alkaline Carbonatite Complex, Registro, São Paulo, BrazilJuquiáWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 


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