Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Catalão I Carbonatite Complex, Goiás, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 114
Youngest recorded age at locality: 77

mindat Locality ID: 31172
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31172.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Catalão I Carbonatite Complex, Goiás, Brazil": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Catalão
Ouvidor

Latitude: 18°15'"S
Longitude: 47°46'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.25,-47.783055555556

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Baddeleyite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite
Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Titanite	Tridymite	Vivianite	Zircon	Zirconolite

Aegirine ()*	Anatase ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismite ()*
Böhmite ()*	Cahnite ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gorceixite ()*	Goyazite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hinsdalite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Nepheline ()*	Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Priderite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Svanbergite ()*
Titanite ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zirconolite ()*

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 As B Ba Bi C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Ca F Fe H K O P Pb S Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Baddeleyite Baryte Calcite Clay Coronadite Corundum Diaspore Fluorite
Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Titanite Tridymite Vivianite Zircon Zirconolite

35 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	114	78.7	1	27239	1022
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	114	78.7	1	27239	2162
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	97.2	77	1	27241	238
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	114	77	2	27239,27241	11547
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	114	78.7	1	27239	214
Böhmite ()*	Lepidocrocite	AlO(OH)	114	77	0		195
Cahnite ()*	Zircon	Ca₂B(AsO₄)(OH)₄	114	77	0		13
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	114	77	2	27239,27241	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	114	78.7	1	27239	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	114	77	0		2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	114	78.7	1	27239	9617
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	114	78.7	1	27239	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	114	77	2	27239,27241	7437
Gorceixite ()*	Alunite	BaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	114	78.7	1	27239	121
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	114	77	2	27239,27241	173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	114	78.7	1	27239	14640
Hinsdalite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	114	77	0		82
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	114	77	2	27239,27241	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	114	77	2	27239,27241	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	114	77	2	27239,27241	14899
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	114	78.7	1	27239	884
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	114	77	2	27239,27241	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	114	77	2	27239,27241	2273
Priderite ()*	Coronadite	K(Ti₇Fe³⁺)O₁₆	114	77	0		41
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	114	78.7	1	27239	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	114	78.7	1	27239	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	114	78.7	1	27239	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	114	77	3	27236,27239,27241	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	97.2	77	1	27241	5614
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	114	78.7	1	27239	105
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	114	78.7	1	27239	4899
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	114	77	2	27239,27241	652
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	114	78.7	1	27239	636
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	114	78.7	1	27239	5251
Zirconolite ()*	Zirconolite	(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)₂O₇	97.2	77	1	27241	140

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000689	MAGMATIC STYLE: Major intrusion and veins. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Pyroxenite, serpentinized peridotite, glimmerite, nepheline syenite, fenite, silexite.
Jen_0000690	MAGMATIC STYLE: Major intrusion and veins. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Pyroxenite, serpentinized peridotite, glimmerite, nepheline syenite, fenite, silexite.
Jen_0001139	MAGMATIC STYLE: Major intrusion. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Phoscorite, glimmerite, fenite.

4 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
ree-00145	87.1	78.7	82.9 ± 4.2 Ma (K-Ar, alkali syenite)	K-Ar		31172	Catalão I Carbonatite Complex, Goiás, Brazil	Catalão I	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189
Jen_0000689	87.1	78.7	82.9±4.2	K-Ar		145962	Catalão No. 1 Mine, Ouvidor, Catalão I Carbonatite Complex, Goiás, Brazil	Catalao I	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000690	114	114	114	Fission Track	apatite	145962	Catalão No. 1 Mine, Ouvidor, Catalão I Carbonatite Complex, Goiás, Brazil	Catalao I	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0001139	97.2	77	87.1±10.1	fission-track	apatite	145963	Catalão No. 2 Mine, Ouvidor, Catalão I Carbonatite Complex, Goiás, Brazil	Catalão II	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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