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Locality Name:
Mahanadi Riverbank, Cuttack District, Odisha, India


mindat Locality ID: 294374
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-294374.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mahanadi Riverbank, Cuttack District, Odisha, India": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 20°50'52"N
Longitude: 84°50'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 20.847777777778,84.842777777778

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Ca Cr Cu Fe Mn O Si Ti V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cr Cu Fe Mn O Si Ti V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CorundumIronNoneNot in a structural groupPost-spinelRamsdelliteSpinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Chromite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cuprospinel  (*)Hematite  (*)
Karelianite  (*)Maghemite  (*)Marokite  (*)Mullite  (*)Ramsdellite  (*)
Zhanghengite  (*)Zincochromite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O403902
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Cuprospinel  (*)SpinelCu2+Fe3+2O40004
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Karelianite  (*)CorundumV2O3017
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O40229
Marokite  (*)Post-spinelCaMn3+2O408
Mullite  (*)NoneAl4+2xSi2-2xO10-x (x ≈ 0.4)078
Ramsdellite  (*)RamsdelliteMnO2088
Zhanghengite  (*)IronCuZn06
Zincochromite  (*)SpinelZnCr2O4011



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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