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Locality Name:
Nuasahi Complex, Keonjhar District, Odisha, India

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3100
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3100

mindat Locality ID: 29896
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29896.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nuasahi Complex, Keonjhar District, Odisha, India": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Boula Chromite Deposit

Latitude: 21°16'0"N
Longitude: 86°19'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 21.266666666667,86.333055555556
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 As Au B Bi C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H Ir K Mg Na Ni O Os Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si Te Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au B Bi C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H Ir K Mg Na Ni O Os Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si Te Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleAuricuprideCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopper
CorundumCovelliteDiasporeEpidoteHydrotalciteLepidocrociteMeloniteMicaMilleriteNickeline
NonePerovskitePyriteQuartzRutileSerpentineSpinelTalcTitaniteTourmaline
Ullmannite

45 IMA Minerals at location:
Antigorite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Chromium-dravite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Covellite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hollingworthite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Irarsite  (*)Laurite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Magnesiochromite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Melonite  (*)Michenerite  (*)Millerite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Osmium  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Spinel  (*)Stibiopalladinite  (*)Stichtite  (*)
Sudburyite  (*)Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Ulvöspinel  (*)
Violarite  (*)Vysotskite  (*)Zaratite  (*)Zoisite  (*)Zvyagintsevite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4310031000708
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS43100310005516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S3100310005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS231003100027198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O43100310003902
Chromium-dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Cr6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)3100310006
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)83100310001756
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS310031000966
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS3100310004165
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3100310008173
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3100310007437
Gold  (*)CopperAu31003100030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O331003100014640
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS310031000119
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O33100310005433
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS310031000154
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS2310031000226
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)310031000581
Magnesiochromite  (*)SpinelMgCr2O4310031000311
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)3100310001487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O431003100014899
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe2310031000207
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe310031000114
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS3100310001066
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)231003100017380
Osmium  (*)NoneOs310031000169
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS310031000767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS231003100039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83100310009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO231003100061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO23100310005614
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2310031000337
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O43100310001934
Stibiopalladinite  (*)NonePd5Sb231003100075
Stichtite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Cr2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O31003100043
Sudburyite  (*)NickelinePdSb31003100046
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)23100310003337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O3100310004899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)23100310002562
Ulvöspinel  (*)SpinelFe2+2TiO4310031000120
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4310031000380
Vysotskite  (*)NonePdS31003100053
Zaratite  (*)AmorphousNi3(CO3)(OH)4·4H2O31003100056
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3100310001025
Zvyagintsevite  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePd3Pb31003100032


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Cr-0000131003100       Chromite, Magnesiochromite, Chromo-alumino-povondraiteCr29896Nuasahi Complex, Keonjhar District, Odisha, India Mondal (2009)10.1007/s12594-009-0003-2JGSI73_36 

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