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Jojahatu, West Singhbhum District, Jharkhand, Indiai
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JojahatuOccurrence
West Singhbhum DistrictDistrict
JharkhandState
IndiaCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
22° 31' 0'' North , 85° 37' 59'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
22.51667,85.63333
GRN:
N16E56
Type:
Occurrence
Köppen climate type:
Aw : Tropical savanna, wet
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Chakradharpur40,599 (2017)17.7km
Chāībāsa66,252 (2017)17.8km
Jagannāthpur7,020 (2017)32.8km
Kharsāwān7,216 (2017)36.6km
Saraikela12,663 (2017)36.7km
Mindat Locality ID:
301429
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:301429:8
GUID (UUID V4):
0


In the Roro-Jojohatu areas, the chromite bearing ultramafic rocks is emplaced within the metasedimentary rocks of the Iron Ore Group of the Singhbhum Craton.

The ultramafic rocks are metamorphosed into greenschist to amphibolite facies.

Chromite deposits have been reported from the area since 1907. Private mining companies earlier mined the area for asbestos and chromites. Chromites could still be located in abandoned mines.

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9 valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded

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ⓘ Antigorite
Formula: Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
ⓘ Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
ⓘ Chromite
Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2O4
ⓘ Chrysotile
Formula: Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
ⓘ Covellite
Formula: CuS
ⓘ Galena
Formula: PbS
ⓘ Hematite
Formula: Fe2O3
ⓘ Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
ⓘ Pyrite
Formula: FeS2

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘCovellite2.CA.05aCuS
ⓘChalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
ⓘGalena2.CD.10PbS
ⓘPyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘChromite4.BB.05Fe2+Cr3+2O4
ⓘMagnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
ⓘHematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘChrysotile9.00.Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
ⓘAntigorite9.ED.15Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ AntigoriteMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Hⓘ ChrysotileMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
OOxygen
Oⓘ AntigoriteMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Oⓘ ChrysotileMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Oⓘ ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
Oⓘ HematiteFe2O3
Oⓘ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
MgMagnesium
Mgⓘ AntigoriteMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Mgⓘ ChrysotileMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
SiSilicon
Siⓘ AntigoriteMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Siⓘ ChrysotileMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
SSulfur
Sⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Sⓘ CovelliteCuS
Sⓘ GalenaPbS
Sⓘ PyriteFeS2
CrChromium
Crⓘ ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
FeIron
Feⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Feⓘ ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
Feⓘ HematiteFe2O3
Feⓘ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Feⓘ PyriteFeS2
CuCopper
Cuⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Cuⓘ CovelliteCuS
PbLead
Pbⓘ GalenaPbS

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AsiaContinent
India
Indian Plate (India Plate)Tectonic Plate

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References

Singh, K. K. (1959). Geology of the Chromite Deposits of Jojohatu near Chaibasa, Singbhum District, Bihar, India (Volume-I) (Doctoral dissertation, IIT Kharagpur).
Pal, Tapan; Ghosh, Biswajit; Chakraborty, Sujit (2008) Petrogenesis of Archaean Chromite Deposits of the Roro-Jojohatu Areas in the Singhbhum Craton: A Boninitic Parental Melt in Supra-subduction Zone Setting. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 72 (5). 635-647 doi:10.17491/jgsi/2008/720506
Jafri, Syed Safi Husain, Dwivedi, Sujeet Kumar, Pandey, Om Prakash, Tripathi, Priyanka, Sarma, Drona Srinivasa, Krishna, Aradhi Keshav, Ramesh, Soday Laxman, Vidyasagar, Gandikota (2021) Possible occurrence of Palaeoarchean ferropicrite cumulates and ferrobasalts in the Jojohatu area of North Singhbhum Craton , eastern India : Evidence for a mantle plume source. Geological Journal, 56 (11) 5839-5862 doi:10.1002/gj.4278
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