Pocos De Caldas
Occurrence number:
025-00-090
Carbonatite:
No
Narrative:
Pocos de Caldas is an approximately circular intrusion covering some 800 km2 and is thus the largest alkaline complex in Brazil and one of the largest in the world. It is emplaced mainly in Precambrian basement rocks, but also partly into Jurassic Botucatu sandstones.