Latitude: 24°42'3"S
Longitude: 48°7'57"W
The central northern part of the alkaline complex is peridotite, outwards changing to ijolites-jacupirangites. The southern central part is a carbonatite, surrounded by jacupirangites.
References
- Gaspar, J.C. and Wyllie, P.J. (1982): Barium phlogopite from the Jacupiranga carbonatite, Brazil. American Mineralogist 67, 997-1000.
- Menezes, L.A. and Martins, J.M. (1984): The Jacupiranga mine, Sao Paulo (Brazil). Mineralogical Record 15(5), 261-270.
- Orris, G.J., and Grauch, R.I. (2002): Rare earth element mines, deposits, and occurrences. USGS Open-File Report 02-189.
- Atencio, D. Couthino, J.M.V., Doriguetto, A.C., Mascarenhas, Y.P., Ellena, J.A. & Ferrari, V.C. (2006): Menezesite from Cajati,São Paulo, Brazil: The first heteropolyniobate mineral. 19th General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association, IMA2006-Kobe, July 23-28, 2006, Programs & Abstracts. 031-06, p. 299
- Berger, V.I., Singer, D.A., and Orris, G.J. (2009): Carbonatites of the World. Explored Deposits of Nb and REE - Database and Grade and Tonnage Models. USGS Open-File Report 09-1139.
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