Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Catalão II Carbonatite Complex, Goiás, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 87.1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 87.1

mindat Locality ID: 42822
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-42822.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Catalão II Carbonatite Complex, Goiás, Brazil": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Catalão

Latitude: 18°2'53"S
Longitude: 47°52'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.048055555556,-47.874166666667

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	Baddeleyite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Kaolinite	Mica	None
Perovskite	Quartz	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Zirconolite

Baddeleyite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Goethite ()*	Goyazite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Vermiculite ()*	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 Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg O P S Si Sr Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg O P S Si Sr Ti Y Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Baddeleyite Baryte Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Kaolinite Mica None
Perovskite Quartz Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Zirconolite

14 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
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	87.1	87.1	0		238
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	87.1	87.1	0		11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	87.1	87.1	0		27770
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	87.1	87.1	0		7437
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	87.1	87.1	0		173
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	87.1	87.1	0		5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	87.1	87.1	0		5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	87.1	87.1	0		14899
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	87.1	87.1	0		495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	87.1	87.1	0		2273
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	87.1	87.1	1	27244	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	87.1	87.1	0		5614
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	87.1	87.1	0		652
Zirconolite ()*	Zirconolite	(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)₂O₇	87.1	87.1	0		140

1 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
	ree-00146	87.1	87.1	87.1 Ma (fission track, apatite)	fission track			apatite							42822	Catalão II Carbonatite Complex, Goiás, Brazil	Catalão II	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

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