ID: 5
rec_id: 5
depname: Catalao I
deptype: 10
depage: 82.9±4.2 K-Ar, whole rock
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Additional reserves: 422 Mt at >5% P2O5; 278 Mt at >10% TiO2, 10 Mt at >10% vermiculite (Carvalho and Bressan, 2005). Diamond-bearing kimberlite pipes are located 20 km SE (Vaaldiam Res., 2008).","mineral":[{"role":"ore","name":"anatase"},{"role":"ore","name":"ancylite"},{"role":"ore","name":"apatite"},{"role":"ore","name":"barite"},{"role":"ore","name":"collophane"},{"role":"ore","name":"florencite"},{"role":"ore","name":"goethite"},{"role":"ore","name":"gorceixite"},{"role":"ore","name":"goyazite"},{"role":"ore","name":"hematite"},{"role":"ore","name":"ilmenite"},{"role":"ore","name":"lusungite"},{"role":"ore","name":"magnetite"},{"role":"ore","name":"monazite"},{"role":"ore","name":"perovskite"},{"role":"ore","name":"pyrite"},{"role":"ore","name":"pyrochlore"},{"role":"ore","name":"pyrolusite"},{"role":"ore","name":"pyrrhotite"},{"role":"ore","name":"rhabdophane"},{"role":"ore","name":"sphene"},{"role":"ore","name":"titanite"},{"role":"ore","name":"zircon"},{"role":"gangue","name":"aegerine"},{"role":"gangue","name":"amphibole"},{"role":"gangue","name":"b\u00f6mite"},{"role":"gangue","name":"calcite"},{"role":"gangue","name":"dolomite"},{"role":"gangue","name":"feldspar"},{"role":"gangue","name":"gibbsite"},{"role":"gangue","name":"kaolinite"},{"role":"gangue","name":"nepheline"},{"role":"gangue","name":"olivine"},{"role":"gangue","name":"phlogopite"},{"role":"gangue","name":"pyroxene"},{"role":"gangue","name":"quartz"},{"role":"gangue","name":"serpentine"},{"role":"gangue","name":"svanbergite"},{"role":"gangue","name":"vermiculite"},{"role":"gangue","name":"vivianite"}],"reference":["Carvalho, W.T., and Bressen, S.R., 1989, The phosphate deposit of Catal\u00e3o I ultramafic alkaline complex, Goias, Brazil, in Notholt, A.J.G., Sheldon, R.P., and Davidson, D.F., eds., Phosphate deposits of the world: Cambridge University Press, v. 2, p.104\u0096110.","Gierth, E., and Baecker, M.L., 1986, A mineraliza\u00e7\u00e3o de ni\u00f3bio e as rochas alcalinas associadas no complexo Catal\u00e3o I, Goi\u00e1s: in Schobbenhaus, C., and Silva Coelho, C.E., eds., Principas dep\u00f3sitos minerais do Brasil, v. 2, Cap\u00edtulo 26: Brasilia, Departmento Nacional da Produ\u00e7\u00e3o Mineral, p. 455\u0096462.","Guimar\u00e3es, H.N., and Weiss, R.A., 2008, The complexity of the niobium deposits in the alkaline- ultramafic intrusions Catal\u00e3o I and II \u0096 Brazil, 15 p.,","http:\/\/www.cbmm.com.br\/portug\/sources\/techlib\/science_techno\/table_content\/sub_1\/ images\/pdfs\/002A.pdf (last visited February 4, 2009)","Kamitani, M., and Hirano, H., 1990, Important carbonatite-alkaline\/alkaline complexes and related mineral resources in the world: Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Japan, v. 41, no. 11, p. 631\u0096640.","Morikiyo, T., Hirano, H., and Matsuhisa, Y., 1990, Carbon and oxygen isotopic composition of the carbonates from the Jacupiranga and Catalao I carbonatite complexes, Brazil: Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Japan, v. 41, no. 11, p. 619\u0096626.","Orris, G.J., and Grauch, R.I., 2002, Rare earth element mines, deposits, and occurrences: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-189, 174 p.","Palmieri, M., Pereira, G.S.B., Brod, J.A., Junqueira-Brod. T.C., Petrinovic, I.A., and Ferrari, A.J.D., 2008, Orbicular magnetite from the Catal\u00e3o I phoscorite-carbonatite complex: International Kimberlite Conference Abstract no. 9IKC-A-00337, 3 p.","Schobbenhaus, C., 1986, Geologia do ni\u00f3bio e do t\u00e2ntalo: in Schobbenhaus, C., and Silva Coelho, C.E., eds., Principas dep\u00f3sitos minerais do Brasil, v. 2, Cap\u00edtulo 24: Brasilia, Departmento Nacional da Produ\u00e7\u00e3o Mineral, p. 429\u0096434.","Singer, D.A., 1998, Revised grade and tonnage model of carbonatite deposits: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-235, 8 p.","Toledo, de, M.C.M.,, Lenharo, S.L.R., Ferrari, V.C., Fontan, F., Parseval, de, P., and Leroy, G., 2004, The compositional evolution of apatite in the weathering profile of the Catal\u00e3o I alkaline-carbonatitic complx, Goias, Brazil: The Canadian Mineralogist, v. 42, p. 1139\u00961158.","Vaaldiam Resources Ltd., 2008, Catalao kimberlites, 5 p.:","http:\/\/www.vaaldiam.com\/mining\/catalao.html (last visited February 4, 2009)","Woolley, A.R., 1987, Alkaline rocks and carbonatites of the world \u0096 Part 1: North and South America: London, British Museum (Natural History), 216 p."]}}
url: https://mrdata.usgs.gov/carbonatite/show-carbonatite.php?rec_id=5