Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Chitradurga (Chittaldurg; Chitaldurg), Chitradurga District (Chitaldrug), Karnataka, India

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

mindat Locality ID: 275207
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-275207.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chitradurga (Chittaldurg; Chitaldurg), Chitradurga District (Chitaldrug), Karnataka, India": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ingaldhal Copper Deposits ("Ingladhal" Copper Deposit; Ingaldal)

Latitude: 14°10'52"N
Longitude: 76°26'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 14.181111111111,76.440555555556

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.

Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

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 As Co Cu Fe O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Galena ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stromeyerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2570	2330	1	66303	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2570	2330	1	66303	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2570	2330	1	66303	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2570	2330	1	66303	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	2570	2330	1	66303	966
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2570	2330	1	66303	24243
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2570	2330	1	66303	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2570	2330	1	66303	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2570	2330	1	66303	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2570	2330	1	66303	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	2570	2330	1	66303	332
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	2570	2330	1	66303	1803

1 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	Run Num	Age from other Locality	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	Age Notes
	Kristen002170	2570	2330	2450±120											214464	Ingaldhal Copper Deposits ("Ingladhal" Copper Deposit; Ingaldal), Chitradurga (Chittaldurg; Chitaldurg), Chitradurga District (Chitaldrug), Karnataka, India	Chitradurga	Naqvi et al. (1977)	10.1016/0301-9268(77)90004-3	PR4_361

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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