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Locality Name:
Pithoragarh District, Kumaun Division, Uttarakhand, India

Oldest recorded age at locality: 540
Youngest recorded age at locality: 540

mindat Locality ID: 153535
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-153535.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pithoragarh District, Kumaun Division, Uttarakhand, India": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Askot
Chandak Magnesite Deposit

Latitude: 29°36'12"N
Longitude: 80°11'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.603333333333,80.194166666667
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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCubaniteDiasporeEpidote
MarcasiteMicaNickelineNonePyriteRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStannoiditeTalc
TetrahedriteWurtzite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Antimony  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gudmundite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stannoidite  (*)Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tremolite  (*)
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)25405401668973419
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb540540166897363
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS5405401668979052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS45405401668975516
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb540540166897175
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16689827770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S5405401668975707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS254054016689727198
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3540540166897802
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21668989895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)5405401668978173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS54054016689724243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1668987437
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS540540166897170
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1668981487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416689814899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS25405401668975674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)254054016689717380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2540540266897,6689839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8540540266897,668989056
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS54054016689721482
Stannoidite  (*)StannoiditeCu8(Fe,Zn)3Sn2S1254054016689780
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21668983337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S135405401668975317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)25405401668972562


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-00218540540Neoproterozoic-Early Cambrian        18713Askot, Pithoragarh District, Kumaun Division, Uttarakhand, IndiaAskotSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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