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Locality Name:
Sundargarh District (Sundergarh District), Odisha, India

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1665
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1665

mindat Locality ID: 153521
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-153521.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sundargarh District (Sundergarh District), Odisha, India": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Ghoriajhor-Monmunda Area
Sargipalli Mines

Latitude: 22°3'28"N
Longitude: 83°55'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.057777777778,83.921388888889

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAragoniteBixbyiteBrauniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCoronaditeCovellite
EpidoteGarnetMalachiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyroxeneQuartzRocksalt
RutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelTitaniteWollastonite

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Almandine  (*)Azurite  (*)Bixbyite  (*)Braunite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferro-hornblende  (*)Ferro-pargasite  (*)Galena  (*)
Grossular  (*)Hastingsite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hollandite  (*)Jacobsite  (*)
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Tschermakite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2166516651666933419
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3166516651666932353
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2166516651666935509
Bixbyite  (*)BixbyiteMn3+2O3166692104
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)166692483
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1665166516669327770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)166516651666934979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21665166516669327198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS166516651666934165
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16166692599
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2166516651666939895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)166516651666938173
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)216651665166693271
Ferro-pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)21665166516669354
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1665166516669324243
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3166516651666931544
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)216651665166693209
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O616651665166693741
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16166692243
Jacobsite  (*)SpinelMn2+Fe3+2O4166692172
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)216651665166693238
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41665166516669314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21665166516669312537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21665166516669317380
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21666923106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8166516651666939056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216651665266692,6669361156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)166516651666934894
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)316651665266692,666931214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1665166516669321482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O166516651666934899
Tschermakite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)21665166516669373
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3166516651666931247



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
sedznpb-00233166516651665        21590Sargipalli Mines, Sundargarh District (Sundergarh District), Odisha, IndiaSargipaliSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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