Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Kerala, India

Oldest recorded age at locality: 515
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 55218
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55218.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kerala, India": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Chavara Alluvial Deposit
Kolachel (Colachel)
Kollam District
Palghat District
Thiruvananthapuram District
Thrissur District (Trichur)

Latitude: 9°22'52"N
Longitude: 76°36'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 9.3811111111111,76.605833333333

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.

Allanite	Amphibole	Apatite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite
Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Iron	Kaolinite	Monazite	None	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Turquoise	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Almandine ()*	Anorthite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cheralite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*
Copper ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Graphite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Isocubanite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Mackinawite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Spinel ()*	Taenite ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Troilite ()*	Turquoise ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Be C Ca Ce Cr Cu F Fe H Mg Na Ni O P S Si Th Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amphibole Apatite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Cubanite
Epidote Feldspar Garnet Iron Kaolinite Monazite None Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Turquoise Zircon

33 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	496	452	1	66364	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	496	452	1	66369	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	496	452	1	66364	706
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	496	452	1	66361	2353
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	496	452	1	66364	1036
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	496	452	1	66369	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	496	452	1	66369	27198
Cheralite ()*	Monazite	CaTh(PO₄)₂	515	452	1	66367	50
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	496	452	1	66363	3902
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	515	452	1	66367	321
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	496	452	1	66363	3846
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	496	452	2	66363,66369	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	496	452	2	66364,66369	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	496	452	1	66364	2740
Graphite ()*	None	C	515	0	0		2812
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	496	452	6	66356,66358,66361,66363,66364,66369	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	496	452	1	66363	1089
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	496	452	1	66363	191
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	515	452	1	66367	5591
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	496	452	1	66363	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	496	452	1	66369	14899
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	496	452	3	66356,66358,66361	945
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	496	452	1	66369	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	515	452	5	66356,66358,66361,66367,66369	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	496	452	1	66361	5614
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	496	452	1	66361	1934
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	496	452	1	66363	703
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	496	452	1	66364	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	496	452	1	66369	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	496	452	1	66364	2562
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	496	452	1	66363	1044
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	496	452	1	66369	484
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	515	452	6	66356,66358,66361,66364,66367,66369	5251

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
ree-00365	2.6	0	Quaternary				213330	Chavara Alluvial Deposit, Kerala, India	Chavara (Quilon)- IREL	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189
ree-00366	2.6	0	Quaternary				213330	Chavara Alluvial Deposit, Kerala, India	Chavara (Quilon)- KMML	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189
Bradley_2012_005	496	452	474±22	Pb/Th	monazite		16560	Kuttakuzhi (Kuttankuli), Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala, India	[Ponmudi Unit]	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183
Bradley_2012_099	515	511	513±2	U/Pb	zircon	Zircon	16560	Kuttakuzhi (Kuttankuli), Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala, India	Melankode	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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