Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Koraput District, Odisha, India

mindat Locality ID: 62366
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-62366.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Koraput District, Odisha, India": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Eastern Ghats Belt
Nishikhal Mn Deposit
Orissa Deposit
Umpavalli

Latitude: 19°1'3"N
Longitude: 83°15'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 19.0175,83.266388888889

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.

Amphibole	Andalusite	Beryl	Braunite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore
Feldspar	Garnet	Kaolinite	Madocite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile
Sapphirine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*	Andradite ()*	Birnessite ()*
Braunite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*
Fersmite ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hercynite ()*	Jacobsite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kësterite ()*	Lithiophorite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Potassic-magnesio-hastingsite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrophanite ()*	Quartz ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Rutile ()*
Sapphirine ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Sterryite ()*	Varlamoffite ()*	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: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ta Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Beryl Braunite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Coronadite Corundum Diaspore
Feldspar Garnet Kaolinite Madocite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile
Sapphirine Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Zircon

38 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	66675	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	66673	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	66675	1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	66672	1534
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O	1	66674	178
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	66674	483
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	66675	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	66674	27198
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	66673	1008
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	66674	599
Fersmite ()*	Columbite	CaNb₂O₆	1	66675	83
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	66674	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	66674	2812
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	1	66674	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	66674	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	66673	407
Jacobsite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	66674	172
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	66674	5591
Kësterite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂ZnSnS₄	1	66675	82
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	1	66674	210
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	66672,66674,66675	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	66674,66675	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	66673,66674	2349
Potassic-magnesio-hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	KCa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	66672	5
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	66674	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	66674	3106
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	1	66674	244
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	66673,66674,66675	61156
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	1	66674	312
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	66675	5614
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	1	66673	129
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	2	66673,66674	1516
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	66674	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	66674	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	66673	1934
Sterryite ()*	Madocite	Cu(Ag,Cu)₃Pb₁₉(Sb,As)₂₂(As)₂S₅₆	1	66675	6
Varlamoffite ()*	Rutile	(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)₂	1	66675	56
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	66674	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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