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Locality Name:
Chitradurga Belt, Tumkur District, Karnataka, India


mindat Locality ID: 283298
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-283298.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chitradurga Belt, Tumkur District, Karnataka, India": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ajjanahalli Mine

Latitude: 13°45'29"N
Longitude: 76°44'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 13.758055555556,76.733333333333
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: Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumFeldsparMicaNickeline
NonePyriteQuartzSpinelStilpnomelaneTalc

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Minnesotaite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Stilpnomelane  (*)
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)21663513419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1663518803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21663513092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1663519052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16635127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216635127198
Gold  (*)CopperAu16635130554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1663512812
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31663515433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416635114899
Minnesotaite  (*)Clay TalcFe2+3Si4O10(OH)216635161
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)216635117380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216635139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81663519056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216635161156
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O166351456


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