Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Karnataka, India

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2570
Youngest recorded age at locality: 9

mindat Locality ID: 22192
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22192.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Karnataka, India": 80
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 47

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Bababudan BIF Belt
Bagalkot District
Bangalore
Bellary District
Chikkamagaluru District
Chitradurga District (Chitaldrug)
Dakshina Kannada District (South Kanara; South Canara)
Hassan District
Hutti-Maski Belt
Jogipatti
Kodagu District (Coorg District)
Kolar District
Mandya District
Mysore District
Shimoga Schist Belt
Tumkur District

Latitude: 13°54'24"N
Longitude: 76°29'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 13.906666666667,76.486111111111

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 Au Ba Be Bi C Ca Cd Ce Cl Co Cr Cu Fe H Ir K Li Mg Mn Na Ni O Os P Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si Sn Sr Te Ti U W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAndalusiteArsenicArsenopyriteAuricuprideBaryteBerylBixbyiteBrauniteBrucite
CalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCoronaditeCorundumCubaniteEpidote
FeldsparFluoriteGarnetHydrotalciteIsomertieiteLöllingiteMarcasiteMeloniteMicaMillerite
ModderiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePerovskitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRamsdellite
RocksaltRutileScheeliteSerpentineSphaleriteSpinelStauroliteStillwateriteStilpnomelaneTalc
TetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteUllmanniteWurtziteZircon

130 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Altaite  (*)
Andalusite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)
Antigorite  (*)Arsenopalladinite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Barytocalcite  (*)
Benstonite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bixbyite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Braunite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cherepanovite  (*)Chromite  (*)Clino-suenoite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Coronadite  (*)Corundum  (*)Cotunnite  (*)
Cryptomelane  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)Daqingshanite-(Ce)  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Eastonite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erlichmanite  (*)
Ferrosilite  (*)Galena  (*)Gedrite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Grossular  (*)Grunerite  (*)Gudmundite  (*)Hawleyite  (*)Hedleyite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Hollingworthite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Irarsite  (*)
Isomertieite  (*)Jacobsite  (*)Keithconnite  (*)Kolarite  (*)Kotulskite  (*)
Kutnohorite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Laurite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Lithiophorite  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Magnesio-riebeckite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Manganosite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melonite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)
Mertieite-II  (*)Michenerite  (*)Microcline  (*)Millerite  (*)Minnesotaite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Osarsite  (*)Palladoarsenide  (*)Paragonite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Platarsite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrochroite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Radhakrishnaite  (*)Ramsdellite  (*)
Riebeckite  (*)Ruarsite  (*)Rustenburgite  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Staurolite  (*)Stibiopalladinite  (*)Stichtite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)
Stromeyerite  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tschermakite  (*)Tsumoite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uvarovite  (*)
Volynskite  (*)Woodruffite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
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)2766275,66313,66319,66321,66337,66340,663513419
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O68486891663231022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)848689466280,66323,66337,663518803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3866283,66284,66285,66286,66287,66288,66290,662912353
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe266329,66333489
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51662801310
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2266275,663513092
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2166290356
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1663371036
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2166337718
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4166298708
Arsenopalladinite  (*)StillwateritePd8As316634731
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS257023301066303,66316,66318,66319,66329,66331,66333,66334,66340,663519052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)16630411547
Barytocalcite  (*)NoneBaCa(CO3)284868916632383
Benstonite  (*)NoneBa6Ca6Mg(CO3)1384868916632317
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181663424286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1663271966
Bixbyite  (*)BixbyiteMn3+2O3539166295104
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4257023301663035516
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)539166295483
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb166327175
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe2166333361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)8486891566275,66280,66313,66318,66321,66323,66329,66331,66333,66334,66337,66340,66343,66349,6635127770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S257023301663035707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2257023301266297,66303,66313,66318,66319,66321,66329,66331,66333,66334,66339,6635127198
Cherepanovite  (*)ModderiteRhAs16634715
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4466275,66345,66347,663493902
Clino-suenoite  (*)Amphibole   Mn2+2Mg5Si8O22(OH)226633757
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)266337,663491025
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS25702330166303966
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181366280,66283,66284,66285,66286,66287,66288,66289,66290,66291,66337,66353,663541008
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16539166295227
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O3466308,66325,66343,663441797
Cotunnite  (*)NonePbCl216632954
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16539166295599
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3166333802
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2366275,66337,66340327
Daqingshanite-(Ce)  (*)NoneSr3Ce(PO4)(CO3)38486891663239
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6966285,66286,66287,66329,66333,66337,66343,66349,663534135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2848689266323,663379895
Eastonite  (*)MicaKAlMg2(Si2Al2)O10(OH)216629011
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6366287,66289,66291944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)466318,66329,66337,663478173
Erlichmanite  (*)PyriteOsS2166347110
Ferrosilite  (*)PyroxeneFe2+2Si2O6266287,6628884
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS25702330466303,66329,66333,6633924243
Gedrite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2166353178
Gold  (*)CopperAu1166298,66316,66318,66319,66321,66327,66329,66333,66339,66340,6635130554
Graphite  (*)NoneC466330,66333,66334,663512812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31663371544
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)2266275,66340223
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS166327170
Hawleyite  (*)SphaleriteCdS266327,6632962
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te3166327104
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3566280,66300,66308,66337,6634614640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te266327,66329804
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS166347119
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31166275,66297,66298,66318,66331,66333,66334,66337,66346,66347,663515433
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS266298,66347154
Isomertieite  (*)IsomertieitePd11Sb2As216634748
Jacobsite  (*)SpinelMn2+Fe3+2O4539166295172
Keithconnite  (*)NonePd20Te716634740
Kolarite  (*)NonePbTeCl21663293
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)166347116
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)2166337234
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO4466304,66305,66306,663251507
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS2166347226
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S4166313249
Lithiophorite  (*)None(Al,Li)(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2(OH)2539166295210
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2466319,66331,66333,66340762
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)166333451
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2166337238
Magnesio-riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)216627593
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1662981487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41766275,66280,66285,66286,66287,66300,66313,66330,66331,66333,66334,66337,66339,66340,66346,66347,6635114899
Manganosite  (*)RocksaltMnO53916629573
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21663335674
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe2166298207
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe2266298,66347155
Mertieite-II  (*)StillwateritePd8Sb2.5As0.516634744
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe266298,66347114
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)266280,663134924
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1662981066
Minnesotaite  (*)Clay TalcFe2+3Si4O10(OH)216635161
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21166280,66304,66305,66306,66311,66313,66318,66325,66327,66337,6635117380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)266280,663372349
Osarsite  (*)ArsenopyriteOsAsS16634716
Palladoarsenide  (*)NonePd2As16634737
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2166306247
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8266298,663131512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2766283,66284,66285,66286,66287,66288,662912273
Platarsite  (*)PyritePtAsS16634744
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2257023301266297,66303,66304,66313,66316,66318,66319,66321,66329,66333,66339,6635139462
Pyrochroite  (*)BruciteMn2+(OH)253916629556
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO25391662953106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8257023301566297,66303,66313,66316,66318,66319,66321,66329,66330,66331,66333,66334,66339,66340,663519056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2257023303366275,66280,66283,66284,66285,66286,66287,66288,66289,66290,66291,66296,66300,66303,66304,66313,66314,66315,66318,66319,66321,66325,66329,66330,66331,66333,66334,66337,66339,66340,66349,66351,6635361156
Radhakrishnaite  (*)NonePbTe3(Cl,S)21663292
Ramsdellite  (*)RamsdelliteMnO253916629588
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)2166275375
Ruarsite  (*)NoneRuAsS16634725
Rustenburgite  (*)Perovskite AuricupridePt3Sn16634734
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2666280,66281,66297,66304,66318,663345614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)666316,66318,66321,66327,66329,663394894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)266275,663406417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51066283,66284,66285,66286,66287,66288,66290,66305,66337,663531516
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2266298,66347337
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31663371214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS25702330866303,66318,66329,66330,66331,66333,66334,6633921482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4266281,663461934
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)166313978
Stibiopalladinite  (*)NonePd5Sb216634775
Stichtite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Cr2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O16634543
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O266275,66351456
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS25702330166303332
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2266275,663373337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13257023301663031803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13266327,663295317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O466280,66318,66319,663374899
Tschermakite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)216633773
Tsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBiTe166327100
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS166329293
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21662972718
Uvarovite  (*)GarnetCa3Cr2(SiO4)3266343,66349212
Volynskite  (*)NoneAgBiTe216632964
Woodruffite  (*)NoneZn2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10·4H2O53916629525
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)166318939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)366280,66285,662885251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1663371025



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000979MAGMATIC STYLE: Intrusions, the largest several kilometres long and 20-150 m wide, dykes and fracture fillings. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Syenite, nepheline syenite, dunite and pyroxenite
Jen_0000980MAGMATIC STYLE: Intrusions, the largest several kilometres long and 20-150 m wide, dykes and fracture fillings. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Syenite, nepheline syenite, dunite and pyroxenite
Jen_0000981MAGMATIC STYLE: Intrusions, the largest several kilometres long and 20-150 m wide, dykes and fracture fillings. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Syenite, nepheline syenite, dunite and pyroxenite


9 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
Scott-G44_299-0001535053-5040Ar-39Arage of weatheringcryptomelane   Cryptomelane Mn279945Sandur, Bellary-Hospet Iron Belt, Bellary District, Karnataka, IndiaSandur Mn-ore depositBeauvais et al. (2016)10.1130/G37303.1G44_299Age for highland Sandur deposit, (bauxitic) weathering
Scott-G44_299-0002362636-2640Ar-39Arage of weatheringcryptomelane   Cryptomelane Mn279945Sandur, Bellary-Hospet Iron Belt, Bellary District, Karnataka, IndiaSandur Mn-ore depositBeauvais et al. (2016)10.1130/G37303.1G44_299Age for highland Sandur deposit, geochemical reworking of bauxites
Scott-G44_299-0003474547-4540Ar-39Arage of weatheringcryptomelane   Cryptomelane Mn279945Sandur, Bellary-Hospet Iron Belt, Bellary District, Karnataka, IndiaSandur Mn-ore depositBeauvais et al. (2016)10.1130/G37303.1G44_299Age for lowland Sandur deposit, early lateritic weathering
Scott-G44_299-0004241924-1940Ar-39Arage of weatheringcryptomelane   Cryptomelane Mn279945Sandur, Bellary-Hospet Iron Belt, Bellary District, Karnataka, IndiaSandur Mn-ore depositBeauvais et al. (2016)10.1130/G37303.1G44_299Age for lowland Sandur deposit, weathering and formation of the pediment’s capping ferricrete
Scott-G44_299-000599940Ar-39Arage of weatheringcryptomelane   Cryptomelane Mn279945Sandur, Bellary-Hospet Iron Belt, Bellary District, Karnataka, IndiaSandur Mn-ore depositBeauvais et al. (2016)10.1130/G37303.1G44_299Age for lowland Sandur deposit, discrete weathering pulse, which left little imprint in the weathering profile
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 
Jen_0000979759759759        195563Salampatti Massif, Jogipatti, Karnataka, IndiaSamalpattiWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_0000980848808828±20K-Ar phlogopite   Phlogopite  195563Salampatti Massif, Jogipatti, Karnataka, IndiaSamalpattiWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_0000981689689689K-Ar phlogopite   Phlogopite  195563Salampatti Massif, Jogipatti, Karnataka, IndiaSamalpattiWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
FKM-31Mysore District, Karnataka, Indiahttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-26-to-fkm-50/#FKM-31


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