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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

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 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: 
AluniteApatiteBaddeleyiteBaryteCalciteClayCoronaditeCorundumDiasporeFluorite
KaoliniteLepidocrociteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyritePyroxeneQuartz
RutileSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelTitaniteTridymiteVivianiteZirconZirconolite

35 IMA Minerals at location:
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  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O611478.71272391022
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO211478.71272392162
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO297.277127241238
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)11477227239,2724111547
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O311478.7127239214
Böhmite  (*)LepidocrociteAlO(OH)114770195
Cahnite  (*)ZirconCa2B(AsO4)(OH)411477013
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)11477227239,2724127770
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211478.71272399895
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1147702740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211478.71272399617
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)311478.7127239504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11477227239,272417437
Gorceixite  (*)AluniteBaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)611478.7127239121
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)611477227239,27241173
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O311478.712723914640
Hinsdalite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)611477082
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311477227239,272415433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411477227239,272415591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O411477227239,2724114899
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)11478.7127239884
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO311477227239,27241495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)211477227239,272412273
Priderite  (*)CoronaditeK(Ti7Fe3+)O1611477041
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211478.712723939462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211478.71272393106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811478.71272399056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211477327236,27239,2724161156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO297.2771272415614
Svanbergite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)611478.7127239105
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11478.71272394899
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O11477227239,27241652
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O11478.7127239636
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11478.71272395251
Zirconolite  (*)Zirconolite(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)2O797.277127241140



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000689MAGMATIC STYLE: Major intrusion and veins. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Pyroxenite, serpentinized peridotite, glimmerite, nepheline syenite, fenite, silexite.
Jen_0000690MAGMATIC STYLE: Major intrusion and veins. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Pyroxenite, serpentinized peridotite, glimmerite, nepheline syenite, fenite, silexite.
Jen_0001139MAGMATIC STYLE: Major intrusion. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Phoscorite, glimmerite, fenite.


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
ree-0014587.178.782.9 ± 4.2 Ma (K-Ar, alkali syenite)K-Ar       31172Catalão I Carbonatite Complex, Goiás, BrazilCatalão IOrris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 
Jen_000068987.178.782.9±4.2K-Ar       145962Catalão No. 1 Mine, Ouvidor, Catalão I Carbonatite Complex, Goiás, BrazilCatalao IWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_0000690114114114Fission Track apatite     145962Catalão No. 1 Mine, Ouvidor, Catalão I Carbonatite Complex, Goiás, BrazilCatalao IWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_000113997.27787.1±10.1fission-track apatite     145963Catalão No. 2 Mine, Ouvidor, Catalão I Carbonatite Complex, Goiás, BrazilCatalão IIWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 


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