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Locality Name:
Minas Do Camaquã, Caçapava Do Sul, Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil

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

mindat Locality ID: 9537
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-9537.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Minas Do Camaquã, Caçapava Do Sul, Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
São Luiz Mine
Uruguai Mine

Latitude: 30°54'9"S
Longitude: 53°26'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.9025,-53.442222222222

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: Ag Al Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumFeldsparMalachiteMicaNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartz

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)70059208803
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)270070005509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)700592011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS470070005516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)700592027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S70070005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2700700027198
Copper  (*)CopperCu70070003846
Gold  (*)CopperAu700592030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3700592014640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2700700012537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2700592017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2700592039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2700592061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg70059205186



2 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
DeepDive-Co-0061592592592PbLavras-Cac¸apava granite      9537Minas Do Camaquã, Caçapava Do Sul, Rio Grande Do Sul, BrazilCamaquã copper mineLaux et al. (2005)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2004.11.001OGR26_71Lavras-Cac¸apava granite
sedcu-00076700700U. Proterozoic       Cu9537Minas Do Camaquã, Caçapava Do Sul, Rio Grande Do Sul, BrazilCamaquã DistrictCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 


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