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

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

mindat Locality ID: 451
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-451.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jacupiranga Mine, Cajati, São Paulo, Brazil": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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: 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 

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+Si2O616112501022
Ancylite-(Ce)  (*)AncyliteCeSr(CO3)2(OH)·H2O161125092
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)316112501534
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)16112503250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O616112502060
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO21611250238
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)161125011547
Barytocalcite  (*)NoneBaCa(CO3)2161125083
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)21611250462
Burbankite  (*)Burbankite(Na,Ca)3(Sr,Ba,Ce)3(CO3)5161125052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)134128027770
Calzirtite  (*)CalzirtiteCa2Zr5Ti2O16161125032
Carbocernaite  (*)Carbocernaite(Sr,Ce,La)(Ca,Na)(CO3)2161125024
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2161125027198
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41611250951
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F21611250236
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O616112504135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)216112509895
Edingtonite  (*)EdingtoniteBa(Si3Al2)O10·4H2O161125026
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F16112502740
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)16112501188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS161125024243
Geikielite  (*)CorundumMgTiO3161125070
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O316112505433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4161125014899
Melcherite  (*)PeterandreseniteBa2Na2Mg[Nb6O19]·6H2O16112501
Menezesite  (*)MenezesiteBa3MgZr4Nb12O42·12H2O16112501
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)1611250945
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)1611250153
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O16112501236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)1611250884
Norsethite  (*)NoneBaMg(CO3)2161125030
Pauloabibite  (*)CorundumNaNbO316112501
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO31611250495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)216112502273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2161125039462
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO31611250244
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S816112509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2161125061156
Quintinite  (*)HydrotalciteMg4Al2(OH)12(CO3)·3H2O16112508
Richterite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)Mg5Si8O22(OH)21611250148
Schorlomite  (*)GarnetCa3Ti2(SiFe3+2)O12161125054
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)16112506417
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O416112501934
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)1611250589
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl1611250275
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O16112504899
Tochilinite  (*)Tochilinite6(Fe0.9S)·5[(Mg,Fe)(OH)2]161125056
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)216112502562
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]1611250237
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1016112501395
Vigezzite  (*)Aeschynite(Ca,Ce)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6161125012
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO316112501247
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)16112505251
Zirconolite  (*)Zirconolite(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)2O71611250140
Zirkelite  (*)Fluorite(Ti,Ca,Zr)O2-x161125027


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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