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Locality Name:
Andhra Pradesh, India

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1141
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 24472
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24472.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Andhra Pradesh, India": 70
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 48

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Anantapur District
Chittoor District
Guntur District
Krishna District
Kurnool District
Nalgonda District
Nellore District
Prakasam District
Srikakulam District
Visakhapatnam District
Vizianagaram District
YSR District (Cuddapah District)

Latitude: 16°41'4"N
Longitude: 80°20'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 16.684444444444,80.333611111111

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Allanite	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bastnäsite	Beryl	Bixbyite
Braunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Diamond
Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Iron	Kaolinite	Kornerupine	Mica
Milarite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Oxalate	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Ramsdellite	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sapphirine	Scapolite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel
Titanite	Wollastonite	Zircon

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 Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Si Ti U Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Cu Fe H O S Si U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Arsenopyrite Baryte Bastnäsite Beryl Bixbyite
Braunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Diamond
Diaspore Digenite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Iron Kaolinite Kornerupine Mica
Milarite Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Oxalate Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Ramsdellite Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Sapphirine Scapolite Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel
Titanite Wollastonite Zircon

95 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Almandine ()*	Andradite ()*	Anorthite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bixbyite ()*
Bornite ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Coffinite ()*	Cohenite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*
Covellite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Daubréelite ()*	Deveroite-(Ce) ()*	Diamond ()*
Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Ferrosilite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gorceixite ()*
Grandidierite ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*	Halite ()*	Hastingsite ()*
Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Hollandite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Indialite ()*	Iron ()*	Jacobsite ()*	Kalsilite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Kornerupine ()*	Leucite ()*	Lithiophorite ()*	Maghemite ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Meionite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Osumilite-(Mg) ()*	Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pigeonite ()*
Potassic-chloro-hastingsite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Pyrophanite ()*
Pyroxmangite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ramsdellite ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Rhodonite ()*	Richterite ()*	Rutile ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Sapphirine ()*
Shortite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Taenite ()*	Tephroite ()*	Titanite ()*	Titanomaghemite ()*	Troilite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Wüstite ()*	Zemkorite ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	66036	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0	0	1	66040	706
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			3	66051,66053,66058	2353
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	66058	1534
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)			2	66032,66034	1036
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0	0	0		9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			2	66032,66034	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	66058,66076	11547
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	0	0	1	66040	304
Bixbyite ()*	Bixbyite	Mn³⁺₂O₃			3	66064,66066,66070	104
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	0	0	0		5516
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)			2	66064,66066	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1141	1087	12	66014,66017,66018,66020,66021,66023,66033,66036,66038,66042,66058,66077	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			2	66013,66028	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1141	1109	4	66014,66031,66032,66034	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	66077	951
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	0	0	0		566
Cohenite ()*	Perovskite	CFe₃			1	66056	77
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			9	66051,66053,66059,66063,66067,66068,66069,66071,66072	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			2	66012,66051	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	0	0	0		4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆			5	66061,66062,66064,66066,66070	599
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄			1	66056	157
Deveroite-(Ce) ()*	Oxalate	Ce₂(C₂O₄)₃·10H₂O	0	0	1	66040	2
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1140	1087	2	66017,66018	697
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	0	0	0		1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			3	66038,66048,66058	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1140	1087	3	66018,66076,66077	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			1	66032	944
Ferrosilite ()*	Pyroxene	Fe²⁺₂Si₂O₆			1	66032	84
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1140	1087	2	66018,66032	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	66028	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			3	66061,66064,66070	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			4	66013,66025,66026,66036	30554
Gorceixite ()*	Alunite	BaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆			1	66061	121
Grandidierite ()*	None	MgAl₃O₂(BO₃)(SiO₄)			1	66051	40
Graphite ()*	None	C			2	66048,66056	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	66058	1544
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1141	1109	1	66014	1398
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	66050	209
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄			2	66066,66070	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			4	66029,66062,66064,66066	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄			1	66051	407
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆			4	66061,66062,66064,66070	243
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1141	1098	8	66014,66017,66020,66029,66033,66051,66058,66059	5433
Indialite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₃(AlSi₅)O₁₈			1	66059	24
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			1	66056	1089
Jacobsite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			3	66064,66066,66070	172
Kalsilite ()*	None	KAlSiO₄			1	66048	49
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	66058	5591
Kornerupine ()*	Kornerupine	(Mg,Fe²⁺,Al, )₁₀(Si,Al,B)₅O₂₁(OH,F)₂			2	66032,66051	68
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)			1	66048	233
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂			1	66062	210
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	66029	229
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄			2	66031,66032	311
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			5	66029,66042,66055,66056,66059	14899
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)			1	66048	176
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	66036	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			3	66013,66028,66036	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	66055	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			2	66032,66050	2349
Osumilite-(Mg) ()*	Milarite	KMg₂Al₃(Al₂Si₁₀)O₃₀			1	66051	42
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1141	1087	4	66014,66017,66018,66038	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1141	1087	10	66014,66017,66018,66020,66021,66023,66031,66033,66038,66048	2273
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆			1	66034	303
Potassic-chloro-hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	KCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂Cl₂			1	66050	9
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			5	66013,66026,66028,66036,66076	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			5	66061,66062,66064,66066,66070	3106
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1120	1098	1	66020	341
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃			1	66066	244
Pyroxmangite ()*	None	Mn²⁺SiO₃			1	66066	147
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			2	66026,66036	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0	0	10	66032,66033,66034,66036,66039,66040,66050,66051,66058,66059	61156
Ramsdellite ()*	Ramsdellite	MnO₂			2	66061,66062	88
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	66066	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			1	66066	969
Richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	66038	148
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			3	66031,66033,66058	5614
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	0	0	1	66040	353
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]			4	66047,66051,66053,66054	129
Shortite ()*	None	Na₂Ca₂(CO₃)₃	1141	1109	1	66014	37
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			4	66051,66053,66058,66059	1516
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			5	66061,66062,66064,66066,66070	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	66028	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1140	1087	12	66017,66018,66020,66021,66023,66029,66034,66051,66052,66053,66054,66059	1934
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)			1	66056	703
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)			1	66066	240
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			4	66023,66033,66042,66058	4899
Titanomaghemite ()*	Spinel	(Ti_0.5 _0.5)Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	66029	5
Troilite ()*	None	FeS			1	66034	1044
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	0	0	0		2718
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			1	66058	1247
Wüstite ()*	Rocksalt	FeO			1	66056	74
Zemkorite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂	1141	1109	1	66014	5
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	66058	1025

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_370	Venkatampalle (Pipe-7) is of the Wajrakarur-Lattavaram cluster in the Warjrakarur Kimberlite Field. Occurs as a non-exposed dyke in the metabasalts of the Penakacherla schist belt.
Michelle_372	Gollapalle (CC-4) is of the Chigicherla cluster in the Warjrakarur Kimberlite Field. Emplaced in basement granitoids, it is a circular body of hard melanocratic and greenish black material. Weathered, carbonated and clay rich variety occurs here as well.
Michelle_373	Gollapalle (CC-5) is of the Chigicherla cluster in the Warjrakarur Kimberlite Field. Narrow pear shaped body emplaced into basement granitoid rocks. Crustal granitoid xenoliths are common with an abundance of kimberlite melt in melt segregations that give the appearance of a conglomerate.
Michelle_374	Gollapalle (CC-5) is of the Chigicherla cluster in the Warjrakarur Kimberlite Field. Narrow pear shaped body emplaced into basement granitoid rocks. Crustal granitoid xenoliths are common with an abundance of kimberlite melt in melt segregations that give the appearance of a conglomerate.
Michelle_375	Nagireddipalle (KL-3) is of the Kalyandurg cluster in the Warjrakarur Kimberlite Field.
Michelle_816	Found on weathered pegmatite of the Kodanda Rama Mine in the Nellore District. "Deveroite-(Ce) forms a white coating, sourrounding Allanite / Bastnäsite in Feldspar. I think the material was collect during prospecting works in the 1970. The orgin of Cerium is clear in this case, but the Oxalate is difficult, probably the roots of some trees."
Michelle_817	Minerals were collected from the mica mines, in Gudur Taluq, of the Nellore district in Andhra Pradesh. Pegmatitic veins in the area are emplaced in the country rock, consisting mainly of biotite-hornblende schists, minor quartizites and felspathic schists.
Michelle_818	Minerals were collected from the mica mines, in Gudur Taluq, of the Nellore district in Andhra Pradesh. Pegmatitic veins in the area are emplaced in the country rock, consisting mainly of biotite-hornblende schists, minor quartizites and felspathic schists.
Michelle_819	Minerals were collected from the mica mines, in Gudur Taluq, of the Nellore district in Andhra Pradesh. Pegmatitic veins in the area are emplaced in the country rock, consisting mainly of biotite-hornblende schists, minor quartizites and felspathic schists.

9 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Michelle_370	1141	1109	1125±16	U-Pb	Age of kimberlite emplacement		perovskite	WKF-7	Perovskite	31377	Venkatampalle Kimberlite, Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh, India	Venkatampalle	Rao et al. (2013)	10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.04.023	CM353_48	Age of kimberlite emplacement
Michelle_372	1138	1102	1120±18	U-Pb	Age of kimberlite emplacement		perovskite	CC4/2	Perovskite	265068	CC4 Kimberlite, Chigicherla Cluster, Wajrakarur Kimberlite Field, Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh, India	Gollapalle	Rao et al. (2013)	10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.04.023	CM353_48	Age of kimberlite emplacement
Michelle_373	1140	1116	1128±12	U-Pb	Age of kimberlite emplacement		perovskite	CC5/1	Perovskite	265069	CC5 Kimberlite, Chigicherla Cluster, Wajrakarur Kimberlite Field, Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh, India	Gollapalle	Rao et al. (2013)	10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.04.023	CM353_48	Age of kimberlite emplacement
Michelle_374	1111	1087	1099±12	U-Pb	Age of kimberlite emplacement		perovskite	CC5/2	Perovskite	265069	CC5 Kimberlite, Chigicherla Cluster, Wajrakarur Kimberlite Field, Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh, India	Gollapalle	Rao et al. (2013)	10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.04.023	CM353_48	Age of kimberlite emplacement
Michelle_375	1120	1098	1109±11	U-Pb	Age of kimberlite emplacement		perovskite	KL3/2	Perovskite	265071	KL-3 Kimberlite, Kalyandurg Cluster, Wajrakarur Kimberlite Field, Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh, India	Nagireddipalle	Rao et al. (2013)	10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.04.023	CM353_48	Age of kimberlite emplacement
Michelle_817	456	436	446±10	Fission Track	Age when the thermal conditions in the region became stable		apatite			218823	Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh, India	Nellore Mica Belt	Nagpaul (1974)	10.1007/BF00875928	PAG112_140	Age when the thermal conditions in the region became stable
Michelle_818	647	617	632±15	Fission Track	Age of major metamorphic event		muscovite		Muscovite	218823	Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh, India	Nellore Mica Belt	Nagpaul (1974)	10.1007/BF00875928	PAG112_140	Age of major metamorphic event
Michelle_819	504	470	487±17	Fission Track			biotite			218823	Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh, India	Nellore Mica Belt	Nagpaul (1974)	10.1007/BF00875928	PAG112_140	The muscovite age can be reconciled with the biotite age (487±17 m.y.) when its track length distribution curve is interpreted on a two-stage thermal annealing model and the necessary corrections are applied for the decrease of fossil track density.
Michelle_816	0	0	Recent		Age of oxalate mineralization	high				234850	Kodanda Rama Mine, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh, India	Kodanda Rama mine	Färber (2018)			Age of oxalate mineralization

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
FKM-23	Ananthagiri (Anantagiri), Eastern Ghats Belt, Anantagiri District, Visakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh, India	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-1-to-fkm-25/#FKM-23

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