Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 700
Youngest recorded age at locality: 592

mindat Locality ID: 5528
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5528.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil": 77
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 49

Number of Child Localities: 45
Child Localities:
Alegrete
Alpestre
Ametista Do Sul (São Gabriel)
Barros Cassal
Bom Princípio
Boqueirão Do Leão
Caçapava Do Sul
Cambará Do Sul
Campos Borges
Canela
Carazinho
Carlos Barbosa
Caxias Do Sul
Dom Pedrito
Encantado District
Erechim
Espumoso
Estância Velha
Fontoura Xavier
Frederico Westphalen
Gaúcha Range
Iraí
Lagoão
Lajeado
Lavras Do Sul
Morro Reuter
Nonoai
Nova Petrópolis
Novo Hamburgo
Palmeira Das Missões (Palmeiras)
Passo Fundo
Planalto
Putinga
Rio Pardo
Rodeio Bonito
Salto Do Jacuí
Santa Cruz Do Sul
Santa Maria
Santana Do Livramento
São Borja
Sapiranga
Soledade
Taquari River
Uruguaiana
Veranópolis

Latitude: 29°13'48"S
Longitude: 53°12'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.23,-53.205

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.

Amorphous	Analcime	Apatite	Apophyllite	Baryte	Calcite	Cerite	Chabazite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Iron	Malachite	Mica	Mordenite
Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilbite

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anorthite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cavansite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*	Chromite ()*	Copper ()*
Diopside ()*	Epistilbite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Iron ()*
Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Merrillite ()*	Mordenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nekoite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scolecite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stellerite ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*
Taenite ()*	Troilite ()*

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: Ag Al Au Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Apatite Apophyllite Baryte Calcite Cerite Chabazite Chalcopyrite Clay
Copper Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Iron Malachite Mica Mordenite
Natrolite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stilbite

42 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	700	592	2	28555,28618	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			1	28575	1627
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)			1	28618	1036
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	700	700	2	28555,28558	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	700	592	3	28555,28580,28582	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	700	700	1	28555	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	700	592	17	28549,28551,28552,28555,28561,28567,28569,28575,28579,28580,28582,28583,28588,28592,28603,28610,28611	27770
Cavansite ()*	None	Ca(V⁴⁺O)(Si₄O₁₀)·4H₂O			1	28592	14
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			5	28549,28579,28580,28582,28583	309
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O			1	28613	310
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	700	700	1	28555	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	700	700	2	28555,28588	27198
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	28618	203
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			2	28607,28618	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	700	700	3	28552,28555,28582	3846
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	28618	4135
Epistilbite ()*	Mordenite	Ca₃[Si₁₈Al₆O₄₈]·16H₂O			2	28592,28599	138
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O			1	28623	303
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	28582	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	28588	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			2	28549,28550	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	700	592	3	28555,28589,28590	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			4	28549,28592,28604,28611	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	700	592	2	28555,28582	14640
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			1	28607	1089
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O			3	28551,28592,28623	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	28588	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	700	700	2	28555,28558	12537
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇			2	28607,28618	230
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O			2	28569,28582	405
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	700	592	2	28555,28589	17380
Nekoite ()*	None	Ca₃Si₆O₁₅·7H₂O			1	28568	8
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			4	28562,28569,28585,28611	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	700	592	3	28555,28588,28589	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	700	592	45	28547,28548,28549,28550,28552,28553,28555,28562,28565,28567,28569,28570,28571,28572,28573,28575,28576,28577,28578,28579,28580,28581,28582,28583,28585,28588,28589,28592,28593,28600,28601,28602,28603,28604,28608,28609,28610,28611,28614,28615,28616,28619,28620,28621,28623	61156
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O			4	28551,28592,28622,28623	390
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	700	592	1	28555	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	28588	21482
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O			6	28552,28561,28564,28567,28569,28599	189
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O			1	28623	268
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)			1	28607	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS			2	28607,28618	1044

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	DeepDive-Co-0061	592	592	592	Pb	Lavras-Cac¸apava granite									9537	Minas Do Camaquã, Caçapava Do Sul, Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil	Camaquã copper mine	Laux et al. (2005)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2004.11.001	OGR26_71	Lavras-Cac¸apava granite
	sedcu-00076	700	700	U. Proterozoic										Cu	9537	Minas Do Camaquã, Caçapava Do Sul, Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil	Camaquã District	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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