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Locality Name:
Zawar Mines, Udaipur, Udaipur District, Udaipur Division, Rajasthan, India

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1600

mindat Locality ID: 55003
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55003.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zawar Mines, Udaipur, Udaipur District, Udaipur Division, Rajasthan, India": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Balaria Mine
Baroi Mine
Mochia Mine
Zawarmala Mine (Zawar Mala Mine)

Latitude: 24°22'0"N
Longitude: 73°43'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.366666666667,73.716666666667

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: Ag As C Ca Cu Fe Ge H Mg O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cu Fe Mg O S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArgyroditeArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Argyrodite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22500160003092
Argyrodite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8GeS61800180016677962
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS180018001667799052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)25001600027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS225001600027198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)225001600366777,66779,667809895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS25001600466777,66778,66779,6678024243
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6180018001667801066
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS225001600466777,66778,66779,6678039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21800180016677961156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2500160006417
Silver  (*)CopperAg180018001667805186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS25001600466777,66778,66779,6678021482



5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedznpb-00236171016941710–1694        55003Zawar Mines, Udaipur, Udaipur District, Udaipur Division, Rajasthan, IndiaZawarSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
sedexmvt-0013025001600Paleoproterozoic host rock age      55001Balaria Mine, Zawar Mines, Udaipur, Udaipur District, Udaipur Division, Rajasthan, IndiaBallariaTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedexmvt-0013218001800?1800 Ma (geological relations)geological relations       55002Baroi Mine, Zawar Mines, Udaipur, Udaipur District, Udaipur Division, Rajasthan, IndiaBaroiTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedexmvt-0014118001800?1800 Ma (geological relations)geological relations       55000Mochia Mine, Zawar Mines, Udaipur, Udaipur District, Udaipur Division, Rajasthan, IndiaMochiaTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedexmvt-0015618001800?1800 Ma (geological relations)geological relations       26761Zawarmala Mine (Zawar Mala Mine), Zawar Mines, Udaipur, Udaipur District, Udaipur Division, Rajasthan, IndiaZawarmalaTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 


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