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Locality Name:
Keonjhar District, Odisha, India

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3100
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3100

mindat Locality ID: 153522
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-153522.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Keonjhar District, Odisha, India": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Dholkata Bauxite Deposit
Jamda-Koira Valley
Nuasahi Complex

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 As Au B Bi C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H Ir K Mg Mn Na Ni O Os Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si Te Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleAuricuprideCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopper
CorundumCovelliteDiasporeEpidoteHydrotalciteKaoliniteLepidocrociteMeloniteMicaMillerite
NickelineNonePerovskitePyriteQuartzRutileSerpentineSpinelTalcTitanite
TourmalineUllmannite

48 IMA Minerals at location:
Antigorite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Chromium-dravite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Covellite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Gibbsite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hollingworthite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Irarsite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Laurite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Magnesiochromite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Melonite  (*)Michenerite  (*)
Millerite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Osmium  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sperrylite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Stibiopalladinite  (*)Stichtite  (*)Sudburyite  (*)Talc  (*)
Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Ulvöspinel  (*)Violarite  (*)Vysotskite  (*)
Zaratite  (*)Zoisite  (*)Zvyagintsevite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)431003100166667708
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4310031001666675516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S310031001666675707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23100310016666727198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4310031001666673902
Chromium-dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Cr6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)310031001666676
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8310031001666671756
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS31003100166667966
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS310031001666674165
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)310031001666678173
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3166665504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)31003100266665,666677437
Gold  (*)CopperAu3100310016666730554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O331003100266665,6666714640
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS31003100166667119
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3310031001666675433
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS31003100166667154
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41666655591
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS231003100166667226
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)31003100166667581
Magnesiochromite  (*)SpinelMgCr2O431003100166667311
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)310031001666671487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43100310016666714899
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe231003100166667207
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe31003100166667114
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS310031001666671066
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23100310016666717380
Osmium  (*)NoneOs31003100166667169
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS31003100166667767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23100310016666739462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21666663106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8310031001666679056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO231003100266665,6666761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2310031001666675614
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs231003100166667337
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4310031001666671934
Stibiopalladinite  (*)NonePd5Sb23100310016666775
Stichtite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Cr2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O3100310016666743
Sudburyite  (*)NickelinePdSb3100310016666746
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2310031001666673337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O310031001666674899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2310031001666672562
Ulvöspinel  (*)SpinelFe2+2TiO431003100166667120
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S431003100166667380
Vysotskite  (*)NonePdS3100310016666753
Zaratite  (*)AmorphousNi3(CO3)(OH)4·4H2O3100310016666756
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)310031001666671025
Zvyagintsevite  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePd3Pb3100310016666732


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
Cr-0000131003100       Chromite, Magnesiochromite, Chromo-alumino-povondraiteCr29896Nuasahi Complex, Keonjhar District, Odisha, India Mondal (2009)10.1007/s12594-009-0003-2JGSI73_36 

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