Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Zawar Mines, Udaipur, Udaipur District, Udaipur Division, Rajasthan, India

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1600

mindat Locality ID: 55003
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55003.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zawar Mines, Udaipur, Udaipur District, Udaipur Division, Rajasthan, India": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Balaria Mine
Baroi Mine
Mochia Mine
Zawarmala Mine (Zawar Mala Mine)

Latitude: 24°22'0"N
Longitude: 73°43'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.366666666667,73.716666666667

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Argyrodite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Ankerite ()*	Argyrodite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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: Ag As C Ca Cu Fe Ge H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cu Fe Mg O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Argyrodite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2500	1600	0		3092
Argyrodite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈GeS₆	1800	1800	1	66779	62
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1800	1800	1	66779	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2500	1600	0		27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2500	1600	0		27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2500	1600	3	66777,66779,66780	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2500	1600	4	66777,66778,66779,66780	24243
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1800	1800	1	66780	1066
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2500	1600	4	66777,66778,66779,66780	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1800	1800	1	66779	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2500	1600	0		6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1800	1800	1	66780	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2500	1600	4	66777,66778,66779,66780	21482

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
sedznpb-00236	1710	1694	1710–1694			55003	Zawar Mines, Udaipur, Udaipur District, Udaipur Division, Rajasthan, India	Zawar	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252
sedexmvt-00130	2500	1600	Paleoproterozoic		host rock age	55001	Balaria Mine, Zawar Mines, Udaipur, Udaipur District, Udaipur Division, Rajasthan, India	Ballaria	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedexmvt-00132	1800	1800	?1800 Ma (geological relations)	geological relations		55002	Baroi Mine, Zawar Mines, Udaipur, Udaipur District, Udaipur Division, Rajasthan, India	Baroi	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedexmvt-00141	1800	1800	?1800 Ma (geological relations)	geological relations		55000	Mochia Mine, Zawar Mines, Udaipur, Udaipur District, Udaipur Division, Rajasthan, India	Mochia	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedexmvt-00156	1800	1800	?1800 Ma (geological relations)	geological relations		26761	Zawarmala Mine (Zawar Mala Mine), Zawar Mines, Udaipur, Udaipur District, Udaipur Division, Rajasthan, India	Zawarmala	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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