Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
North Western Province, Sri Lanka

mindat Locality ID: 126641
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-126641.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "North Western Province, Sri Lanka": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Kurunegala District
Puttalam District
Wilagedera Iron Prospect

Latitude: 7°26'45"N
Longitude: 80°15'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 7.4458333333333,80.251388888889

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.

Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Spinel

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Spinel

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Anandite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cordierite ()*
Graphite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sillimanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anandite ()*	Mica Clay	BaFe²⁺₃(Si₃Fe³⁺)O₁₀S(OH)	1	110952	5
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	110952	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	110950	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	110950,110952	27198
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	110950	1008
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	110950	2812
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	110952	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	110950,110952	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	110952	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	110950	61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	110950	1516

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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