Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Himachal Pradesh, India

mindat Locality ID: 147204
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-147204.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Himachal Pradesh, India": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bashahr District
Kangra District
Kullu District
Spiti Valley

Latitude: 32°13'59"N
Longitude: 76°28'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.233055555556,76.466666666667

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.

Calcite	Cerite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Iron	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel

Anatase ()*	Chromite ()*	Copper ()*	Diopside ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Isocubanite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Mackinawite ()*
Merrillite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*
Taenite ()*	Troilite ()*

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 C Ca Cr Cu Fe Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Cerite Copper Corundum Cubanite Iron None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Spinel

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	66216	2162
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	66215	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	66215	3846
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	66215	4135
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	66216	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	66215	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	66215	1089
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	1	66215	191
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	2	66212,66213	1507
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	66215	451
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	1	66215	230
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	66216	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	66216,66218,66223,66230	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	66216	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	66216	6417
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	66215	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	66215	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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