Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Balaghat District, Madhya Pradesh, India

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2499
Youngest recorded age at locality: 850

mindat Locality ID: 24756
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24756.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Balaghat District, Madhya Pradesh, India": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Baihar Tehsil
Balaghat Mine
Miragpur Mine
Netra
Ponia
Tirodi
Ukwa

Latitude: 21°53'19"N
Longitude: 80°18'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 21.888611111111,80.305555555556

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.

Amphibole	Atacamite	Braunite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper
Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Epsomite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet
Gypsum	Hexahydrite	Malachite	Melanterite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Titanite	Vivianite

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 Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O S Si Sn Ti U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Atacamite Braunite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper
Coronadite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Epidote Epsomite Feldspar Fluorite Garnet
Gypsum Hexahydrite Malachite Melanterite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Titanite Vivianite

64 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine-augite ()*	Alpersite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anilite ()*	Antlerite ()*
Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Braunite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Calderite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clino-suenoite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*
Cuprite ()*	Delafossite ()*	Digenite ()*	Djurleite ()*	Epidote ()*
Epsomite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Ferri-ghoseite ()*	Ferri-winchite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Geerite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hausmannite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Hollandite ()*	Idaite ()*	Jacobsite ()*
Magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Mooihoekite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nambulite ()*	Nantokite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyroxmangite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Rhodonite ()*	Richterite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spionkopite ()*
Tenorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Yarrowite ()*

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
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	1000	850	2	66382,66384	286
Alpersite ()*	Melanterite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	2499	2438	1	66378	10
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2498	2482	1	66378	966
Anilite ()*	Digenite	Cu₇S₄	2498	2482	1	66378	88
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	2498	2482	1	66378	246
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	2498	2482	1	66378	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2498	2482	1	66378	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2498	2482	1	66378	5516
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1000	850	2	66381,66384	483
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	2498	2482	1	66378	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2499	2438	1	66378	27770
Calderite ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	66381	17
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2498	2482	1	66378	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2498	2482	1	66378	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2498	2482	1	66378	27198
Clino-suenoite ()*	Amphibole	Mn²⁺₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1000	850	2	66384	57
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	2499	2438	1	66378	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2498	2482	1	66378	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2498	2482	1	66378	4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1000	850	1	66384	599
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2498	2482	1	66378	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	2498	2482	1	66378	144
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	2498	2482	1	66378	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	2498	2482	1	66378	300
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2498	2482	1	66378	8173
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	2499	2438	1	66378	484
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	2498	2482	1	66378	814
Ferri-ghoseite ()*	Amphibole	(NaMn²⁺)(Mg₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1000	850	1	66384	14
Ferri-winchite ()*	Amphibole	(NaCa)(Mg₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1000	850	1	66384	16
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2498	2482	1	66378	9617
Geerite ()*	None	Cu₈S₅	2498	2482	1	66378	38
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2498	2482	1	66378	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2498	2482	1	66378	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2499	2438	1	66378	6890
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄			1	66381	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2498	2482	2	66378,66381	14640
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	2499	2438	1	66378	251
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1000	850	1	66384	243
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	2498	2482	1	66378	142
Jacobsite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	66381	172
Magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1000	850	1	66384	79
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2498	2482	1	66378	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2498	2482	1	66378	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2499	2438	1	66378	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2499	2438	1	66378	5800
Mooihoekite ()*	Chalcopyrite	Cu₉Fe₉S₁₆	2498	2482	1	66378	20
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2499	2438	1	66378	17380
Nambulite ()*	Rhodonite	LiMn²⁺₄Si₅O₁₄(OH)	1000	850	1	66384	12
Nantokite ()*	Sphalerite	CuCl	2498	2482	1	66378	35
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	2499	2438	1	66378	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2498	2482	1	66378	39462
Pyroxmangite ()*	None	Mn²⁺SiO₃			1	66381	147
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2498	2482	1	66378	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2499	850	3	66378,66381,66384	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	66381	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1000	850	1	66384	969
Richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	66380	148
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1000	850	1	66384	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2498	2482	1	66378	21482
Spionkopite ()*	None	Cu₃₉S₂₈	2498	2482	1	66378	73
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	2498	2482	1	66378	1101
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2499	2438	1	66378	4899
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2498	2482	1	66378	2718
Yarrowite ()*	None	Cu₉S₈	2498	2482	1	66378	70

11 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Mo-00138	2483	2467	2475±8	Re-Os		molybdenite	A-1	Molybdenite		Mo	15187	Malanjkhand Mine, Padritola, Baihar Tehsil, Balaghat District, Madhya Pradesh, India	Malanjkhand	Stein et al. (2004)	10.1016/j.precamres.2004.05.012	PR134_189
Mo-00139	2480	2462	2471±9	Re-Os		molybdenite	A-1	Molybdenite		Mo	15187	Malanjkhand Mine, Padritola, Baihar Tehsil, Balaghat District, Madhya Pradesh, India	Malanjkhand	Stein et al. (2004)	10.1016/j.precamres.2004.05.012	PR134_189
Mo-00140	2454	2438	2446±8	Re-Os		molybdenite	A-2	Molybdenite		Mo	15187	Malanjkhand Mine, Padritola, Baihar Tehsil, Balaghat District, Madhya Pradesh, India	Malanjkhand	Stein et al. (2004)	10.1016/j.precamres.2004.05.012	PR134_189
Mo-00141	2459	2443	2451±8	Re-Os		molybdenite	A-2	Molybdenite		Mo	15187	Malanjkhand Mine, Padritola, Baihar Tehsil, Balaghat District, Madhya Pradesh, India	Malanjkhand	Stein et al. (2004)	10.1016/j.precamres.2004.05.012	PR134_189
Mo-00142	2499	2483	2491±8	Re-Os		molybdenite	A-2b	Molybdenite		Mo	15187	Malanjkhand Mine, Padritola, Baihar Tehsil, Balaghat District, Madhya Pradesh, India	Malanjkhand	Stein et al. (2004)	10.1016/j.precamres.2004.05.012	PR134_189
Mo-00143	2498	2482	2490±8	Re-Os		molybdenite	A-6	Molybdenite		Mo	15187	Malanjkhand Mine, Padritola, Baihar Tehsil, Balaghat District, Madhya Pradesh, India	Malanjkhand	Stein et al. (2004)	10.1016/j.precamres.2004.05.012	PR134_189
Mo-00144	2498	2482	2490±8	Re-Os		molybdenite	A-7	Molybdenite		Mo	15187	Malanjkhand Mine, Padritola, Baihar Tehsil, Balaghat District, Madhya Pradesh, India	Malanjkhand	Stein et al. (2004)	10.1016/j.precamres.2004.05.012	PR134_189
Mo-00145	2496	2480	2488±8	Re-Os		molybdenite	A-8	Molybdenite		Mo	15187	Malanjkhand Mine, Padritola, Baihar Tehsil, Balaghat District, Madhya Pradesh, India	Malanjkhand	Stein et al. (2004)	10.1016/j.precamres.2004.05.012	PR134_189
PorphCu-00048	2498	2482	2490±8	Re-Os					Alunite, Anilite, Antlerite, Atacamite, Bornite, Brochantite, Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Delafossite, Djurleite, Epidote, Erythrite, Fluorite, Goethite, Gold, Hematite, Idaite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Nantokite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Uraninite	Cu	15187	Malanjkhand Mine, Padritola, Baihar Tehsil, Balaghat District, Madhya Pradesh, India	Malanjkhand	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
Grew_Li_2019_0073	950	950	950						Nambulite		285192	Tirodi, Balaghat District, Madhya Pradesh, India	Tirodi, Balaghat District, Madhya Pradesh, India	Lippolt and Hautmann (1995); Mohanty et al. (2015)
Alexandra-0177	1000	850	1000-850	U-Th-Pb	Age of pegmatite						25310	Tirodi Mine, Tirodi, Balaghat District, Madhya Pradesh, India	Tirodi	Siddiquie (2015)		GJSFR15_41

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060704	Tirodi Mine, Tirodi, Balaghat District, Madhya Pradesh, India	https://rruff.info/R060704

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