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Locality Name:
Chitradurga District (Chitaldrug), Karnataka, India

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2570
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2330

mindat Locality ID: 218624
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-218624.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chitradurga District (Chitaldrug), Karnataka, India": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Chitradurga (Chittaldurg; Chitaldurg)
Gattihosahalli
Holalkere Taluk

Latitude: 14°4'18"N
Longitude: 76°19'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 14.071666666667,76.316666666667

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: Ag Al As Ba Co Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBaryteChalcopyriteClayCobaltiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteTetrahedrite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Galena  (*)Kyanite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Paragonite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS257023301663039052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)16630411547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4257023301663035516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S257023301663035707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22570233016630327198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS25702330166303966
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2570233016630324243
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO4366304,66305,663061507
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2366304,66305,6630617380
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2166306247
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS225702330266303,6630439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8257023301663039056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO225702330266303,6630461156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21663045614
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51663051516
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2570233016630321482
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS25702330166303332
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13257023301663031803



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
Kristen002170257023302450±120        214464Ingaldhal Copper Deposits ("Ingladhal" Copper Deposit; Ingaldal), Chitradurga (Chittaldurg; Chitaldurg), Chitradurga District (Chitaldrug), Karnataka, IndiaChitradurgaNaqvi et al. (1977)10.1016/0301-9268(77)90004-3PR4_361 


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