Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Venkatampalle Kimberlite, Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh, India

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1141
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1109

mindat Locality ID: 31377
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31377.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Venkatampalle Kimberlite, Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh, India": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Mica	None	Perovskite	Rocksalt	Spinel

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 C Ca Cl Cr Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl Cr Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Corundum Mica None Perovskite Rocksalt Spinel

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Halite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Perovskite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Shortite ()*	Zemkorite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1141	1109	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1141	1109	3902
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1141	1109	1398
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1141	1109	5433
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1141	1109	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1141	1109	2273
Shortite ()*	None	Na₂Ca₂(CO₃)₃	1141	1109	37
Zemkorite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂	1141	1109	5

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.

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
	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

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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