In the Plateau of Lages, intrusions of alkaline and ultrabasic rocks occur, rocks of rare occurrence in Brazil, whose soils derived from them are practically unknown. The study aimed to evaluate the chemical composition, mineralogy, genesis, and classification of the soils developed from the rocks Nepheline Sienite (P1), Volcanic Breccia (P2), Kimberlitic Breccia (P3), Phonolitic Tephrite (P4), and Phonolite (P5). After the morphological description (field) and the collection of soil samples, chemical analyses of the soils, mineralogical of the clay fraction and the total elements of the soils and the corresponding rocks that gave rise to them were carried out. Three Humudepts (Cambissolos), a Hapludolls (Chernossolo), and a Kandiudox (Nitossolo) were identified. Except for the P3 profile, the others are acidic soils, with high levels of exchangeable aluminum, poor in basic cations, with low sum and base saturation, showing a high degree of weathering and strong leaching. In the clay fraction, the presence of 2:1 clay minerals predominated with kaolinite with interlayered hydroxy-Al polymers. The P3 profile showed a slightly acidic reaction, high sum and base saturation, and practically zero exchangeable aluminum, a situation compatible with mineralogy, where trioctahedral vermiculite predominated, revealing that it was a young, slightly weathered soil.
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