stripes
Occurrence number:
130-00-012
Country:
Paraguay
Region:
Paraguari
Location:
Longitude: -57.1, Latitude: -25.6
Carbonatite:
No
An essexite stock cutting Silurian sandstones. Small veins of syenite occur within the essexite, which is also cut by a kersantite dyke.
Age:
132±10 Ma by K-Ar on essexite (Palmieri and Arribas, 1975).
References:
PALMIERI, J.H. and ARRIBAS, A. 1975. El complejo alcalino potasico de Sapukai (Paraguay Oriental). Congreso Ibero-Americano de Geologia Economica, Buenos Aires, 2: 267-300.
J.H. Palmieri, personal communication, 1981.
PUTZER, H. 1962. Geologie von Paraguay. Gebruder Borntraeger, Berlin - Nikolassee 183 pp
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