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Locality Name:
South Schist Belt, Kolar Gold Fields, Kolar District, Karnataka, India


mindat Locality ID: 205856
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205856.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "South Schist Belt, Kolar Gold Fields, Kolar District, Karnataka, India": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Chigargunta Mine (Chigarikunta Mine)
Mallappakonda Deposit

Latitude: 12°43'29"N
Longitude: 78°15'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 12.724722222222,78.25
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: As Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperLöllingiteNickelineNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Grunerite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
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)21663403419
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1663409052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16634027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216633927198
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2166340327
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS16633924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu266339,6634030554
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)2166340223
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2166340762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4266339,6634014899
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216633939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8266339,663409056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2266339,6634061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1663394894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1663406417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16633921482


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