Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Jharkhand, India

mindat Locality ID: 147206
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-147206.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jharkhand, India": 33
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Hazaribagh District
Pashchimi Singhbhum
Singhbhum District

Latitude: 23°0'53"N
Longitude: 85°49'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.014722222222,85.832222222222

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.

Alunite	Beryl	Bismutite	Brochantite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Dumortierite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Kaolinite	Malachite
Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	Millerite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetradymite	Topaz

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Anorthite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Beryl ()*
Bismutite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calderite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Copper ()*
Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Delafossite ()*	Digenite ()*
Djurleite ()*	Dumortierite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Indialite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Melonite ()*	Microcline ()*	Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Parkerite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Topaz ()*
Uraninite ()*	Violarite ()*

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 B Be Bi C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Si Te Ti U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Beryl Bismutite Brochantite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Covellite Diaspore Digenite Dumortierite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Kaolinite Malachite
Marcasite Melonite Mica Millerite Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Tetradymite Topaz

52 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	66246	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	66269	2162
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	66243	1036
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	66248	708
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	66246,66253	4286
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	66246	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	66269	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	66269	1633
Calderite ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	66245	17
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	66269	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	66269	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	66248,66258,66260,66266,66269	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	66248	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	66248	951
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	66269	3846
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	66243	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	66248	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	66269	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	1	66269	144
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	66269	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	1	66269	300
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	2	66251,66252	231
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	66243	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	66255	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	66248	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	66269	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	66248,66269	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	66266	5433
Indialite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₃(AlSi₅)O₁₈	1	66243	24
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	66269	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	66269	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	3	66251,66252,66264	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	7	66243,66248,66255,66258,66266,66269,66273	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	66269	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	66269	5674
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	1	66258	207
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	66246	4924
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	2	66258,66266	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	66258,66266	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	66260,66266,66269	17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	66258	767
Parkerite ()*	None	Ni₃(Bi,Pb)₂S₂	1	66269	55
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2	66266,66269	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	66248,66260,66266,66269	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	66260,66266,66269	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	66246,66260,66266,66269	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	66266	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	66269	1101
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1	66266	510
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	2	66251,66252	1476
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	3	66255,66260,66273	2718
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	2	66266,66269	380

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R141207	Katkamsandi, Hazaribagh District, Jharkhand, India	https://rruff.info/R141207

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